"stepping" your way to health..

I came across a website a few days ago posted on Twitter that was intriguing to me. It's all about getting exercise and becoming more healthy because of it. It was something new to me and I never expected that I'd find a local group. Now when you hear the term "stepping", one would think it was in reference to a step bench that one would step up and down on in a rhythm in place. There are plenty of programs for that type of thing. No, this was different.

What I'd stumbled upon was a website for stairclimbing. It might be along the same lines as the other "stepping" except that you do a lot of up and then a lot of down and then repeat instead of up, down, up, down. What I really found interesting was that this is becoming an organized sport! There are various events and even competitions to go to!

I'm not sure how I feel about it because it somehow sounds a lot more difficult to me. I guess because I do some of that kind of thing at work and, after a while, it really plays me out. I also notice that the stairclimbing that I do can make my knees seem to creak more. I would think that both stairclimbing and stepping with a bench might be harder on the joints than something like walking. It was an interesting concept but I don't think I'll be trying it very soon.

Dee..