I Went Up and Down These Stairs As My Exercise
By Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
Philippines
December 2, 2018 12:04am CST
There are 84 steps to the stairway before you reach the top of this UNESCO World Heritage site in my place, the Santa Maria church. Just good enough for a morning exercise.
I didn't count how many times I went up and down but I'm sure it goes for one hour. One way alone is tiring already. How much more you do it more than 10 times.
Its an exercise good for cardio so my lungs will become bigger and wider. Good also for my muscles in my feet. And of course my endurance and stamina will be better.
Aside from me there are other people climbing and goung down the stairs. Adult and children alike. And because its Sunday there are many people climbing to attend the mass.
Don't worry old folks there is another way, at the back corner, to drive through with your vehicle in case you can't climb this path.
The church actually situated at the top of the hill during the Spanish regime and the brick wall just make this church special.
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@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
2 Dec 18
I remember one I walked through at Coron Palawan where it had several hundreds steps to go on top of a hill overlooking the island. The first few hundreds were fine but after reaching midpoint I already felt dizzy and nauseous. When I reached the peak I felt like fainting already
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@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
3 Dec 18
@ilocosboy yeah one good thing in Baguio its cold there so it’s not so tiring. The one in coron was very hot and humid that’s why it was very tiring.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
3 Dec 18
Oh my that is high. Just like Lourdes grotto in Baguio city.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
3 Dec 18
That could be very exhausting and tiring.
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@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
2 Dec 18
up stair down stair. you gonna strong after so many times in a single day
@stringer321 (5643)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
8 Dec 18
Good for you to do that. Keep up the exercise. Watch your heart though. I need to do some exercise as well. Maybe I will start walking to local parks with body weight contra. They are placed in some parks around.
@stringer321 (5643)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
12 Dec 18
@ilocosboy Do you have parks like that with machines for exercise ?
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
12 Dec 18
We have none, the route i used to run is along the coastal area.
@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
2 Dec 18
I hope they will not reconstruct it like they did to other churches.
@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
2 Dec 18
@ilocosboy good to know this, it should be preserved as it is.. is the church still a baroque style?
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
3 Dec 18
Yes the church is in baroque and the wall is covered with bricks.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
2 Dec 18
Unless it will be destroyed by earthquake or typhoon. But as of now it is intact and strong.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
2 Dec 18
Yes that's true, going up and down will make tired but its good way of exercise.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
2 Dec 18
Yes it is and I'm planning to do it three times a week.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
2 Dec 18
Physical fitness and so that I will look sexy and of course avoid any diseases.
@DAMARWULAN303 (643)
• Surabaya, Indonesia
2 Dec 18
@ilocosboy wow that is very good for adding health to your body. and what is the reason you want to do it
@JudyEv (326093)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Dec 18
Going up and down these stairs would give you a really good workout.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
3 Dec 18
Indeed, until now I can still feel the muscles in pain but I can handle it.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 18
when i did not have the heart ailment, i was even a competitor for ''running'', as what we often say during Intramurals. i could run fast. when i knew i had the heart disease, i started limiting my exercises and controlled my urge to run.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
2 Dec 18
Yeah sometimes its hard because you are limited to your activity because of the ailment we have.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
3 Dec 18
Actually the muscles in my feet are aching now.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
3 Dec 18
That's true, it does make your body sound
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