Staying in Shape: Tips for Keeping Fit

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In Manayunk, PA, individuals maintain fitness through various activities, primarily running on steep hills with grades of 12-15%. Walking two miles daily is common, although some skip days. The local university enforces a physical fitness program, requiring students to navigate extensive stairs instead of using elevators, contributing to daily exhaustion. Cycling is encouraged, while swimming and team sports are generally avoided. Walking or biking to nearby locations, such as an elementary school, also adds to daily exercise, with individuals opting out of driving and public transportation for convenience and cost reasons. The challenging terrain, including a significant uphill walk to the university, ensures consistent physical activity.
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I live in Manayunk PA. I run up the massive hills we have around here that are around 12-15% grade and about a mile long.
 
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I walk two miles, sometimes everyday, sometimes I skip a day.
 
It seems the university has a mandatory physical fitness program here. They make you park in a lot at the bottom of a LONG set of stairs and then hide the elevators in the buildings, so I have to take another 3 flights of stairs to get to the floor my new office/lab is on. It's no wonder I've been exhausted by the time I get home at night.
 
Cycle where possible. Where impossible, skip (or not...).
 
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Weights, step workouts, biking, jogging. No swimming, no team sports (blech).

The elementary school is 6/10 mile away (is that a km?) and I go back and forth on foot, scooter, or bike twice/day - with the kids, of course. That's what - 2.4 miles of hoofing/biking it?
 
I don't drive. Everywhere I want to get I have to bike or walk. I don't use the public transportation just because I can't be bothered to spend the money. Did I mention my down is built on a really big hill? Every day I have to walk uphill to the university, and then when I get to the university walk uphill to my classes (the university has aprox. 2500 stairs - and it doesn't have high buildings, that's mostly outdoor stairs). Of course it's downhill on the way back, but at least I get excersize in the morning.
 
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I don't drive. Everywhere I want to get I have to bike or walk. I don't use the public transportation just because I can't be bothered to spend the money. Did I mention my down is built on a really big hill? Every day I have to walk uphill to the university, and then when I get to the university walk uphill to my classes (the university has aprox. 2500 stairs - and it doesn't have high buildings, that's mostly outdoor stairs). Of course it's downhill on the way back, but at least I get excersize in the morning.

Wow you get lots of exercise Smurf, but you should take some thing for that
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