If your house has stairs, you may be missing out on a daily opportunity to bolster your heart and lungs, keep your weight lower, and stretch out your muscles. Studies have proven how this seemingly simple form of aerobic exercise benefits all dimensions of our health.
•Blood pressure and healthy arteries – In a study this year with 41 postmenopausal women with high blood pressure, half did not do exercise, while the other half used to climb 192 steps, two to five times every day, four days every week. The group that did this exercise exhibited significant reductions in blood pressure, as well as improved flexibility of the arteries.
•Diabetes – A recent Japanese study analysed people aged 65 and up who suffered type 2 diabetes. Researchers had their subjects perform just three minutes of stair climbing, thirty minutes post eating a test meal, then repeated at the one-hour mark. In contrast to when they rested for three hours after eating, their blood sugar levels got significantly reduced.
If your house has stairs, you may be missing out on a daily opportunity to bolster your heart and lungs, keep your weight lower, and stretch out your muscles. Studies have proven how this seemingly simple form of aerobic exercise benefits all dimensions of our health.
•Blood pressure and healthy arteries – In a study this year with 41 postmenopausal women with high blood pressure, half did not do exercise, while the other half used to climb 192 steps, two to five times every day, four days every week. The group that did this exercise exhibited significant reductions in blood pressure, as well as improved flexibility of the arteries.
•Diabetes – A recent Japanese study analysed people aged 65 and up who suffered type 2 diabetes. Researchers had their subjects perform just three minutes of stair climbing, thirty minutes post eating a test meal, then repeated at the one-hour mark. In contrast to when they rested for three hours after eating, their blood sugar levels got significantly reduced.
•Brain health. In an observational study in 2016, scientists found a correlation between higher daily amounts of stair climbing to decreased “brain age.”
In an observational study in 2016, scientists found a correlation between higher daily amounts of stair climbing to decreased “brain age.”
