What are the benefits and disadvantages of stair climbing?

Is climbing stairs a lot good for your body? Today I will explain to you popular science!

Benefits: Promote the body's energy metabolism and enhance cardiopulmonary function. Burn calories.

Maintain the flexibility of your joints. Enhances digestive system function. Good for sleep.

Disadvantages: Stair climbing is a weight-bearing exercise, and the knees are the most stressed. If the speed increases, the more stress is placed on the knee.

Worsens knee pain.

Although there are many benefits to climbing stairs, it is disadvantageous for people who have suffered knee injuries or bone and joint injuries, and try not to do stair climbing exercises.

Stair climbing exercise must be combined with your own actual situation, step by step. In addition to stair climbing, you can also choose other forms of exercise, such as walking, jogging, playing badminton, etc.

The exercise intensity of stair climbing is relatively high, and there are certain requirements for knee joints, cardiopulmonary function and balance.

Benefits of stair climbing:

1. When climbing stairs to exercise, with the acceleration of breathing, the muscles contract and relax rhythmically, which can accelerate blood circulation, promote human energy metabolism, increase the amount of oxygen in the myocardium, enhance cardiopulmonary function, make blood circulation smooth, maintain the health of the cardiovascular system, and prevent the occurrence of hypertension.

2. Consuming more calories is a good way. It is estimated that climbing stairs in the same time consumes 2 times more calories than playing badminton, 4 times more than playing table tennis, and 3 times more than walking, which is basically the same as mountaineering.

3. In the process of climbing stairs, due to the non-stop movement of the lower back and lower limbs, the strength of the muscles and ligaments in these parts of the body is enhanced, and the joint function is improved, so as to maintain the flexibility of the joints and avoid rigidity.

4. Climbing stairs consumes a lot of physical strength, people are easy to be hungry, and their appetite becomes better, which can enhance the function of the digestive system. In addition, due to repeated exertion in the abdomen, intestinal peristalsis is intensified, which can effectively prevent constipation.

5. Make the nervous system in the best state of rest, which is conducive to sleep and avoid anxiety. Scientists have also selected 20 (32 years old) company employees with basically the same physical condition for follow-up testing, the first 10 insisted on climbing stairs for 2 years, and no one had insomnia and neurasthenia; Of the bottom 10 who did not climb the stairs, 7 suffered from insomnia and neurasthenia.

The disadvantages of climbing stairs to the body:

Stair climbing is a weight-bearing exercise, and the joints below the waist have to bear the weight of their bodies, especially the knees.

When climbing stairs, the knee joint has to bear 3-4 times the body weight, taking a person weighing 60 kg as an example, the knees on both sides bear 60 kg when walking on the flat road, but the knee weight becomes as high as 240 kg when climbing the stairs, which is equivalent to the weight of a piano on each knee on both sides. And if you increase the speed, the more stress is put on your knees. In addition, the increased curvature of the knee joint when climbing stairs increases the pressure between the patella and femur, which can worsen knee pain.