Do stair climbing exercise “snacks” improve cardiorespiratory fitness? Journal Articles

abstract

• We investigated the effect of stair climbing exercise “snacks” on peak oxygen uptake. Sedentary young adults were randomly assigned to perform 3 bouts/day of vigorously ascending a 3-flight stairwell (60 steps), separated by 1–4 h of recovery, 3 days/week for 6 weeks, or a nontraining control group (n = 12 each). Peak oxygen uptake was higher in the climbers after the intervention (P = 0.003), suggesting that stair climbing “snacks” are effective in improving cardiorespiratory fitness, although the absolute increase was modest.

authors

• Jenkins, E Madison
• Nairn, Leah N
• Skelly, Lauren E
• Little, Jonathan P
• Gibala, Martin

status

• published 

publication date

• June 2019

has subject area

• 06 Biological Sciences (FoR)
• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• Cardiorespiratory Fitness (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Oxygen Consumption (MeSH)
• Snacks (MeSH)
• Sport Sciences (Science Metrix)
• Stair Climbing (MeSH)
• Young Adult (MeSH)

published in

• Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism  Journal

keywords

• Cardiorespiratory Fitness
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Oxygen Consumption
• Snacks
• Stair Climbing
• Young Adult
• consommation d’oxygène de pointe
• entraînement par intervalles de sprint
• peak oxygen uptake
• sprint interval training

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1139/apnm-2018-0675

PubMed ID

• 30649897

start page

• 681

end page

• 684

volume

• 44

issue

• 6