Climb the Stairs and Improve Fitness
If you are looking for a way to boost your fitness levels and infuse some strength and stamina into your leg muscles, then try exercising on the stairs! Its not particularly hard to do, although you will need to build up the amount of times you can do it each day.
If the idea of climbing stairs to lose weight brings forth some skepticism in you, stop and think about it for a moment before consigning it to the trash. The act of running up a flight of stairs takes a lot of energy because the muscles in your legs and torso which are doing most of the work are having to work very hard to not only propel your body forward but also raise it on each step. The heavier or more overweight you are when you do this, the harder those muscles have to work and consequently the more energy they will use.
It takes a lot of regular stair climbing before yoru leg muscles become strong enough and have enough stamina to keep you going for long enough to make a difference in your actual body weight by burning off fat, but you can get to that stage eventually. You only need a flight of maybe ten steps to do this and then simply run up and down the, one step at a time as many times as you can.
The first few times you do this, you will soon get out of breath and as soon as that happens, you must stop. Remember that if you are out of shape, overdoing a very strenuous exercise like stair climbing can potentially lead to a heart attack if your blood pressure is high or your cholesterol level is high. So start slowly and each day try and increase the number of times you climb up and down the flight of stairs.
This is an excellent way to boost metabolism with exercise that also works your leg muscles hard. It will force those muscles to gain strength and mass over time, which is highly desirable in improving your overall physical fitness levels.
Hey that’s a great idea about using the stairs to get some free exercise without ever having to set foot in a gym! I tried it myself and was amazed that in just a few days I was running up and down many times before I got out of breath. I already feel tons better, thank you for that amazing advice!
Ooh, I liked the idea of using my stairs to get some fitness exercise while I was at home. I gave it a try and at first I was getting out of breath after just running up the whole flight just once! But I persevered and after a week I was able to run up and down ten times before I had to quit! I already feel a lot better and aim to increase that number to 20 soon. Thanks!