• frickineh@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      I was about to be offended and then I remembered how I got out of breath walking up the stairs this morning. (To be fair, I’m anemic af and almost certainly have a touch of long covid, but still.)

      • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online
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        20 hours ago

        There’s just something about stairs that gets me. I can run a sub hour 10k, hike 15+ miles a day, and my resting heart rate is in the 50s, but stairs always get me winded.

        • Klaymore@sh.itjust.works
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          19 hours ago

          My french teacher in high school said that everyone gets winded going up stairs, cause people who are fitter walk up the steps faster

          • flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            17 hours ago

            This just solved it for me. That is exactly it. I’ve been angry at stairs my whole life and now I realize it’s because I go up them as fast as I walk- which is considerably faster than most people I know.

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      22 hours ago

      Yes. Burgerlanders are very averse to any level of self improvement that might be difficult. I blame the car culture propaganda more than I blame the people though.

      • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        I know I’m China brained, but go to a park in China and you’ll have a hard time walking the paths because of the number of people running, and the squares will be filled with people paying badminton and dancing.

        It shamed me into exercising regularly.

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      19 hours ago

      Please stop bad-mouthing Americans, it’s just self loathing at this point. It cannot be that black and white.