Men’s Fitness Australia – June 2017

JANUARY

Breakthroughs

Hard-hitting news from the cutting edge of modern research

JUNE 2017 MEN’S FITNESS 19

We w o n’ t

sugarcoat it:

Running stairs

blows. The upside is

that it’s a quick way

to break a sweat and

turn your legs to

jelly. But how hard

d o y o u n e e d to g o to

reap the benefits? To

find out, scientists

at McMaster Uni in

Canada had subjects

run on a StairMaster

and then run one or

two flights of stairs in

short intervals. In the

end, both protocols

increased peak

oxygen uptake — by

12% in the first test

and 7% in the second

— and demonstrated

that brief and intense

stairclimbing

could improve

cardiovascular fitness

in about 30 minutes.

Be a stairs W

master

Stair climbing improves

cardiovascular fitness

in just 30 minutes.