From November 2009 Awake Magazine
Climbing Stairs Improves Health
"Taking the stairs regularly is a simple and practical
means to improving health" reports the British medical
journal The Lancer. Researchers asked 69 sedentary
employees to use only the stairs at their place of work
instead of the elevators. After 12 weeks, the workers'
aerobic capacity had increased by 8.6 percent, which
gave them "a 15% reduction in all-cause mortality risk."
The workers also saw significant improvement in
their "blood pressure, cholesterol, weight, fat mass,
and waist circumference."
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