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Not everyone in the planet can join gym or any types of fitness classes to get fit, but i am pretty sure that most of us are able to climb stair instead using elevators, now may be you are thinking that why i am talking about stair climbing instead gym or any other type of fitness, so it is because there are lots of health benefits of stair climbing that you can get easily and improve your health status as well.Â
In this article i am gonna tell you some of the best health benefits of stair climbing:
1. Increases leg muscle strength
Stair climbing is one of the best regular exercise to tone your legs muscles, increases the strength of the leg.Â
It also help to build muscle mass in lower body, so it is better to take stairs instead of using lift.Â
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2. Support heart health
A study has been shown that stair climbing is very effective in patient with coronary artery disease. stair climbing can increase your good cholesterol level and also improve the blood circulation in your whole body.Â
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3. Builds endurance or stamina
Stair climbing improves your cardiorespiratory performance which result in high endurance or stamina as well. good stamina help you to do your daily task without getting tired.Â
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4. Help lose weightÂ
Climbing stairs frequently in a day burns more calories which may help you weight loss, but you have to also focus on your meal in order to lose weight.Â
Stair climbing burn more calories per minute than walking or jogging.
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Some studies that proves effects of stairs climbing on your health
- Department of Psychology and Brain Health Research Center, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand conducted a study on "Effects of a brief stair-climbing intervention on cognitive performance and mood states in healthy young adults", they concluded that males showed better performance than females, participants felt more energetic, less tense and less tired.Â
- Department of Kinesiology, McMaste University, Hamilton, ON, Canada with some other department conducted a study on "Brief vigorous stair climbing effectively improves cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with coronary artery disease: A randomized trial", in this study they concluded that vigorous stairs climbing is effective in increasing VO2peak, in cardiac rehabilitation exercise programmes.Â
- Study, "Promoting stair climbing as an exercise routine among healthy older adults attending a community- based physical activity', has conducted by Nobuko Hongu, Mieko Shimada,[...], and Yutaka Yoshitake, and they concluded that stair climbing is one of the essential functional activities for maintaining independence of daily living among older adults.Â
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