Walking Upstairs Burns More Calories, but Walking Downstairs is Healthy Too. Here’s Why.
Stairclimbing is an effective cardiovascular workout if you do it long enough. Taking the stairs several times per day also burns more calories and breaks up sitting. You might think that only climbing up the stairs offers benefits. However, research shows that going downstairs is healthier in some ways than climbing a flight of stairs. Here’s why.
October 27, 2019