WHY SHOULD YOU TAKE THE STAIRS INSTEAD OF THE ELEVATOR?
It's a quick and easy lifestyle change, that you can use to be more active.
- A 165-pound person burns approximately 100 calories when taking the stairs for 10 minutes and only 12 calories when standing in an elevator for 10 minutes. So just 10 minutes of stair climbing each day burns 88 more calories and 32000+ more a year
- Stair climbing burns more calories per minute than jogging
- You can spend less time, 15 minutes a day, using the stairs
- Climbing the stairs releases endorphins, which make you feel good
- Lowers the risk of diseases that are related to your heart such as hypertension
- Decreases risk of injury by increasing your muscle strength and power
- Good for your cholesterol by lowering your bad cholesterol and raising your good cholesterol
- Adds more years to your life
- Tones your legs
- Helps with stress
- Good for the environment because it lowers energy consumption Tones your legs
- Seven minutes stair climbing a day can halve the risk of heart attack over 10 years
- Just two minutes extra stair climbing a day is enough to stop average middle age weight gain
References:
Fit Day. (n.d.). Avoid the Elevator: 4 Reasons to Always Take the Stairs / Fitness / Exercises. Retrieved April 27, 2017, from http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/exercises/avoid-the-elevator-4-reasons-to-always-take-the-stairs.html
“Health Benefits of Stair Climbing- StepJockey”. StepJockey.com N.p., 2017. Web. 27 Apr. 2017. www.stepjockey.com/health-benefits-of-stair-climbing
Fit Day. (n.d.). Avoid the Elevator: 4 Reasons to Always Take the Stairs / Fitness / Exercises. Retrieved April 27, 2017, from http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/exercises/avoid-the-elevator-4-reasons-to-always-take-the-stairs.html
“Health Benefits of Stair Climbing- StepJockey”. StepJockey.com N.p., 2017. Web. 27 Apr. 2017. www.stepjockey.com/health-benefits-of-stair-climbing