Is it good to climb stairs every day to lose weight?

If people want to lose weight in winter but are afraid of the extremely cold weather when exercising outdoors, they will appear lazy and let their fat accumulate. In fact, for people who often live in high-rise buildings, they don’t have to take the elevator often. It is more convenient to climb the stairs to go home, and climbing the stairs frequently can also achieve the effect of losing weight. So, is it good to climb the stairs every day to lose weight?

1. Economical and convenient

Climbing stairs is very simple and you can do it anytime and anywhere. There is no restriction on the location. You can climb stairs in the dormitory, office, or school.

No need to worry about the biting cold wind in winter, and no need to worry about the scorching sun in summer; you don’t need to leave your home, go to the playground, or get a gym membership. Just put on your combat boots and shorts and start right where you want. It’s so capricious! Climbing stairs can help you save time and money, and can be incorporated into almost any training plan. Overall, it is extremely cost-effective.

2. High energy consumption

Compared with running, which also has lower venue requirements. The energy consumption of climbing stairs is worthy of our attention. Under normal circumstances, the energy consumption of climbing stairs at a constant speed is greater than that of low-intensity jogging. If we adopt the accelerated stair climbing method, the energy consumption will be considerable. This is due to the fact that stair climbing is an altitude exercise and it mainly mobilizes the large muscles of the hips and legs to do work. In order for everyone to have an intuitive feeling about it, it is recommended that you take big steps to climb the stairs in the next few days, which is close to your brisk walking speed. Whoever tries it will know!

3. Strong operability

Its strong operability is its most attractive feature.

Everyone can climb stairs according to their own needs and develop an exercise method that suits them.

There are many factors that affect our stair climbing, including the frequency, stride, and rhythm when going upstairs; the frequency and method of walking when going downstairs; whether to exercise on the platform, and what kind of exercise method is adopted on the platform.

Striding up stairs at a high step rate or jogging up stairs on tiptoe is very intense. Generally speaking, you cannot maintain a high cadence until you have climbed all the floors (unless the dormitory building is really short). Therefore, we usually take the approach of changing speed when going upstairs, and combine it with a gentle descent to restore physical strength. Its energy metabolism method is close to HITT (intermittent anaerobic training), and its fat burning effect is very significant.

After reading this article, I believe everyone has an understanding of whether climbing stairs every day is good for losing weight. Climbing stairs is a very simple form of exercise, and there is no venue restriction. Even weather changes will not affect it at all, so this way of losing weight is better.