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I live in a 3-story townhouse. Automatic heart disease reduction.

hesdeadjim 3y ago
Ha, I had the same thought. Office is on the third floor so I’m up and down 40 steps a day a dozen times. I’ve wondered what effect that has on the stability of my weight over the span of years.
- doubled112 3y ago
  Another one of those 3 story townhouse dwellers here. It can't hurt that the fridge is never on the same floor as me either.
  - qup 3y ago
    The easiest thing to bet on is my own laziness...
    - doubled112 3y ago
      You call it laziness, I prefer to go with efficiency.
maweaver 3y ago
I had a similar thought, but then it says "high intensity" stair climbing, which is not how I would describe my climbing. Then there's also this: > Researchers also found that those who stopped climbing stairs daily during the study showed a 32% higher risk of cardiovascular disease compared to those who never reported climbing stairs. So I guess if we ever move we're actually worse off in the long run
- JoshMandel 3y ago
  > So... we're actually worse off Careful about inferring causality here. What kind of active person suddenly stops being active? You presumably don't want to be that kind of person... but the stopping isn't necessarily a causal factor of the cardiovascular events (and the initial "being active" seems still far less likely to be a causal factor).
- Delk 3y ago
  I didn't read the paper (paywall) but just climbing five flights of stairs might count as high intensity compared to just walking on even land. It's of course not high intensity for a fit person or compared to doing burpees as fast as possible. But especially in an epidemiological study on common heart disease, the assumed base level is probably something less than that.
WXLCKNO 3y ago
3 story townhouse gang as well. Gym in the basement and bedroom on the top floor, I'm doing my part!
wkat4242 3y ago
Me in a 5-story. Mine has an elevator though, installed in the main lightwell :) it's so appealing to not walk all the time...
- ergocoder 3y ago
  So, the house doesn't have the automatic heart disease reduction functionality. Sad for you.

Ha, I had the same thought. Office is on the third floor so I’m up and down 40 steps a day a dozen times. I’ve wondered what effect that has on the stability of my weight over the span of years.

doubled112 3y ago
Another one of those 3 story townhouse dwellers here. It can't hurt that the fridge is never on the same floor as me either.
- qup 3y ago
  The easiest thing to bet on is my own laziness...
  - doubled112 3y ago
    You call it laziness, I prefer to go with efficiency.

maweaver 3y ago

I had a similar thought, but then it says "high intensity" stair climbing, which is not how I would describe my climbing. Then there's also this: > Researchers also found that those who stopped climbing stairs daily during the study showed a 32% higher risk of cardiovascular disease compared to those who never reported climbing stairs. So I guess if we ever move we're actually worse off in the long run

JoshMandel 3y ago
> So... we're actually worse off Careful about inferring causality here. What kind of active person suddenly stops being active? You presumably don't want to be that kind of person... but the stopping isn't necessarily a causal factor of the cardiovascular events (and the initial "being active" seems still far less likely to be a causal factor).
Delk 3y ago
I didn't read the paper (paywall) but just climbing five flights of stairs might count as high intensity compared to just walking on even land. It's of course not high intensity for a fit person or compared to doing burpees as fast as possible. But especially in an epidemiological study on common heart disease, the assumed base level is probably something less than that.

WXLCKNO 3y ago

3 story townhouse gang as well. Gym in the basement and bedroom on the top floor, I'm doing my part!

wkat4242 3y ago

Me in a 5-story. Mine has an elevator though, installed in the main lightwell :) it's so appealing to not walk all the time...

ergocoder 3y ago
So, the house doesn't have the automatic heart disease reduction functionality. Sad for you.