Should You Take the Stairs at Work? (For Weight Loss) | Two Minute Papers #47

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dear fellow Scholars this is 2minute papers with Caro I am sure that every one of us have overheard conversations at the workplace where people talked about taking the stairs instead of the elevator and as a result getting leaner there was also a running joke on the internet about Arnold Classic a famous bodybuilding competition SL Festival where I think it's fair to say that people tended to favor the escalator instead of the stair so this is it we're going to settle this here and now do we get lean from taking the stairs every day scientists set up a controlled experiment where over a 100 subjects climbed 11 stories of staircases ascending a total of 27 M vertically their oxygen consumption and heart rate was measured and most importantly for us the amount of calorie cost of this undertaking they have found that all this self legation with ascending 11 stories of staircases Burns a whopping 19.7 kilo calories each step is worth approximately 1/10th of a kilo calorie if we're ascending descending is worth approximately half of De apparently these bodybuilders know what they are doing the authors diplomatically noted stair climbing exercise using a local public access staircase met the minimum requir IR Ms for cardiorespiratory benefits and can therefore be considered a viable exercise for most people and suitable for promotion of physical activity which sounds like the scientific equivalent of basically well better than nothing so does this mean that you shouldn't take the stairs at work if you're looking to get lean because of that no not a chance however if you're looking for a refreshing cardiovascular exercise in the morning that refreshes your body and makes you happier start climbing I do it all the time and I love it we are exploring so far Uncharted territories and this makes the first episode on nutrition in the series if you would like to hear more of this let me know in the comment section I'd also be happy to see your paper recommendations in nutrition as well thanks for watching and for your generous support and I'll see you next time