Stair climbing gets the heart pumping quickly, as anyone who’s ever skipped the elevator or escalator knows. That makes it an excellent low-impact exercise that’s as accessible as walking ...
Subjects allocated to the exercise group embarked on an eight week progressive stair climbing programme. The programme began with two bouts of stair climbing five days a week in weeks 1 and 2, ...
That said, the StepMill is typically a more intense cardio workout than the stair stepper, Milton says. “The [StepMill] is more like climbing actual stairs…this activates more of your hip and ...
Meet the expert: Heather Milton, CSCS, is an exercise physiologist at NYU Langone’s Sports Performance Center. The aptly named stair stepper simulates the motion of climbing stairs. It’s ...
Explosive moves such as a squat jump will add power to your legs while climbing stairs sideways will challenge your coordination and work your muscles laterally. A stair workout will have a total ...
Why does climbing stairs always feel so hard? Is getting out of breath on the way up a sign of poor fitness? And is it possible to get better? Here’s what they had to say. If you’ve ever been ...