Take the stairs and reduce premature death by 15 percent
As reported by iTWire, a Swiss study on improving cardiovascular health of employees found that simply taking the stairs instead of elevators at work improves health and fitness.
Seventy-seven employees from the University of Geneva with a sedentary lifestyle (defined as less than two hours of exercise or sport each week, and less than 10 flights of stair-climbing a day) were recruited to the study. Over 12 weeks, subjects were asked to use stairs exclusively instead of elevators at work.
The results were impressive -
[participants in the study] showed a statistically significant decline in waist circumference (-1.8%), weight (-0.7%), fat mass (-1.7%), diastolic blood pressure (-2.3%) and LDL cholesterol (-3.9%).
It was estimated that the participants had reduced their chance of premature death by 15%, and this was achieved without expensive gym memberships or waking at dawn to go jogging. Keep this in mind the next time you need to use the elevator – taking the stairs instead could save your life!
Henry Braun wrote:
I have my own experience, it’s 110% true that the usage of stairs is more beneficial and good for our health instead of gym and jogging or any other exercise for legs.
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