There is a race on Saturday up a small mountain – Hang Nak – also called Hang Norn or Ngorn Nak. It’s part of the Koh Phi Phi National Parks in Krabi. It is a 500 meter high vertical elevation climb, over 3.7 KM in horizontal distance. Assuming someone rolled out the distance – not [...]
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Couple Days of Workouts – Diet
Posted on 01 March 2012.
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Stair Climbing Workout and Diet
Posted on 13 February 2012.
Today was another nice workout. I felt good, except some pain in my feet – these shoes are not ideal for walking while carrying my 27 month old. I need different ones for sure. I took 2 tylenol and headed to the stairs for sunset. I did a quick climb – just because it felt [...]
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Stair Climbing Articles – Signs Work!
Posted on 06 February 2012.
Mark Trahanovsky, a driving force in stair climbing competitions across the USA – posted a link to this story about putting signs up next to elevators and having it actually work and increase the numbers of times people took the stairs. Stair Climbing – Signs Work -> The research the article was based on was [...]
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Today Another Stair-Less Workout – and Diet
Posted on 04 January 2012.
Today I woke up and had a 3/4 bowl of muesli mix with 4/5ths of a box of vegetarian soy milk on it. After the night before I needed something tangible! For lunch I had 2 big apples. For dinner I just had a plate of stir fried vegetables in a salty soy sauce. I [...]
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Easy Fast Walking and Upside Down Rowing Workout
Posted on 28 December 2011.
Today (12-28-11) was quite simple, after yesterday’s tough stairs workout where I really pushed my mind and body to go faster. I’m planning on doing more walking tomorrow, or if I can get to the beach, I’ll do some high-stepping – running in place for a while to get my heart rate up and burn [...]
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Toughest Stairs Workout in 4 Years
Posted on 28 December 2011.
So, I’ve started training for my first tower climb. It’s a bit late, the race starts in less than a month, but I think I’ll get somewhere around top 30 if I work hard and figure some things out about how to go fast. Previously you might have seen me mention – I’ve focused on [...]
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Stair Climbing Workout Journal 12-26-11
Posted on 27 December 2011.
Another good workout today – short and sweet, I want to save energy for the steps. My back wasn’t feeling so great, so I decided to do some running and arm exercises. I noticed from the last two times I climbed using my arms – they were dead tired from pulling on the railings after [...]
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Stair Climbing Workout Journal 12-25-11
Posted on 26 December 2011.
This is my second workout after declaring my goal for 2012 as gaining entry to the top 100 stair climbers in the world list. My back was sore after using my arms to pull me up the railing while climbing these stairs two days before. I have an old soccer injury that creeps up when [...]
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Welcome to Go Up It!
Stair climbing is my latest passion, and I've been climbing a local mountain staircase very regularly for the last five years. Climbing stairs for exercise gives your body and mind an amazing lift - and I really think it has the potential to change your life outlook, in a positive way.
