Running upstairs is also a good example (the trick is getting to the point where you can run up the stairs fast enough that you only feel you are exhausted when you are already up). Or jumping downstairs. Generally, optimizing for fun is probably the most sustainable way of doing this. I don’t enjoy most sports that require endurance, but like doing things like running in short bursts, so it works pretty well for me. The biggest downside is probably strangers looking at you weird, but I mostly don’t notice and certainly don’t mind. Walking in a group is different, of course.
I did this a bunch in college & grad school, and I still do it to some extent. Seriously, it got to the point where it made me less tired than if I had gone up the stairs slowly! One moment you are on floor A, another moment you are on floor B feeling chipper and energized.
Running upstairs is also a good example (the trick is getting to the point where you can run up the stairs fast enough that you only feel you are exhausted when you are already up). Or jumping downstairs. Generally, optimizing for fun is probably the most sustainable way of doing this. I don’t enjoy most sports that require endurance, but like doing things like running in short bursts, so it works pretty well for me. The biggest downside is probably strangers looking at you weird, but I mostly don’t notice and certainly don’t mind. Walking in a group is different, of course.
I did this a bunch in college & grad school, and I still do it to some extent. Seriously, it got to the point where it made me less tired than if I had gone up the stairs slowly! One moment you are on floor A, another moment you are on floor B feeling chipper and energized.