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So 250 steps a day can immunize you completely? :crazy-face-smiley:. [1] I wonder what the mechanism that the burst activity causes to engage. Dislodging plaqu
by ChuckMcM 3y ago
So 250 steps a day can immunize you completely? :crazy-face-smiley:. [1]
I wonder what the mechanism that the burst activity causes to engage. Dislodging plaque? Pressurizing arteries?
[1] I know, its just 32.768% :-)
[2] Note to self: even on a Sunday, no jokes :-)
- jacquesm 3y agoMuch simpler: it trains your heart.
- ChuckMcM 3y agoI got that but I was interested that climbing steps trained it better than wind sprints? Or better than rowing? So was wondering if there was something specific about step climbing that was triggering the heart conditioning.
- jacquesm 3y agoAh, I see. I think the big difference is is that you're doing it when it isn't purposefully, but spaced out across all the time that you are awake. Those other activities are all neatly compartmentalized and outside of that you don't do them at all. I probably climb two flights of stairs 20 to 30 times every day (and down the same amount) and it's never a planned activity. More like 'I'd like a cup of tea' and that's 4 flights (2 up, 2 down) right there. Door bell rings: same thing. Someone calls from downstairs and I can't properly hear it and so on... it really adds up. Whereas if I would try 20 or 30 times up and down the stairs in a row I'd probably collapse before I got to 10.