2017 CBC Second Opinion

Having trouble getting in a workout these days? Well all you need is 10 minutes and a set of stairs, according to researchers at McMaster University. They tested two different workout routines on 31 inactive but otherwise healthy women. For the first you need a staircase long enough to climb straight up for 20 seconds. For the second, any staircase will work for 60 seconds going up and down – the perfect home workout. Each needs to be repeated three times, with rest in between. After completing the workout three times a week over six weeks, both routines resulted in improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness similar to that experienced by doing intervals on a stationary bike.