Now that we’ve fully integrated into a 9/80 schedule at work (we work 9 hours a day and get every other friday off), I’ve found even less time to exercise. Ok ok, I wasn’t exercising much even before we made the switch haha. But in my newfound zest for exercise, I’ve started climbing stairs at work every single day. I take a 5-10 minute brisk walk to the highest building on campus, walk up 10 flights of stairs, and then cool down with the walk back. The whole process takes 20-30 mins which is nothing really but it’s better than nothing for a person who does ZERO exercise normally. It’s quite sad actually! After I’m able to climb the 10 floors without stopping (I get really out of breath after the 6-7th floor I’m a wimp!), I will try walking the 10 floors twice and keep increasing thereafter. Maybe after a year of this I can attack Half Dome? We’ll see haha.

Some benefits of stair climbing
- works the leg muscles in particular the quadriceps (front of the thigh) and your butt
- intense activity for the heart and leg muscles because you are carrying your body weight against gravity
- low impact and safe for the knee joints so long as you follow the guidelines of not doing too much too soon and you do not have any existing knee problems that may be aggravated. Walking down is harder on your knees so it’s advised to take the elevator down and only climb up which is what I do
- you can burn an avg of 300 calories for 30 minutes of stair climbing

I find that it’s an easy way to get some type of “fitness” in in my busy schedule and I like having an afternoon break everyday!

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