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Comment by Cthulhu_

21 days ago

Why the elevator down though? One needs to train going down as much as going up, possibly even more (given my limited experiences hiking up / down some touristy mountains in the UK). I'd even argue going down is harder because you have to stop your own momentum all the time, vs up where maintaining it is beneficial.

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nottorp  21 days ago

Up is hard on the muscles, down on the knees.

  • Fricken  21 days ago

    The cartilage in your knees is a living tissue. Like muscle, it responds and adapts to stimulus. If descending stairs gives you knee pain that isn't from some past injury being aggravated, then train them.

    You get people who go skiing or running for the first time in a while and they complain "Oh, my knees hurt, I'm too old for this". Nope. You're just out of condition. Use it or lose it.

    • kakacik  21 days ago

      Nice theory, now go ahead and do it for some time (meaning few decades) and then lets talk. Or talk to knee surgeons.

      Or no, just listen to few folks who have something to sell like books or training regimens or guiding, or simply won genetic lottery in that very specific part of their bodies, since such advice definitely applies to everybody, at any age, at any situation.

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