Do stair climbing exercise "snacks" improve cardiorespiratory fitness?

Jenkins EM, Nairn LN, Skelly LE, Little JP, Gibala MJ

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · June 1, 2019

Randomized Controlled Trial🇨🇦Canada

We investigated the effect of stair climbing exercise "snacks" on peak oxygen uptake. Sedentary young adults were randomly assigned to perform 3 bouts/day of vigorously ascending a 3-flight stairwell (60 steps), separated by 1-4 h of recovery, 3 days/week for 6 weeks, or a nontraining control group (n = 12 each). Peak oxygen uptake was higher in the climbers after the intervention (P = 0.003), suggesting that stair climbing "snacks" are effective in improving cardiorespiratory fitness, although the absolute increase was modest.

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PMID: 30649897 · DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2018-0675

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Do stair climbing exercise "snacks" improve cardiorespiratory fitness?

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