A 12 Minute Exercise

We live in such a busy world that one excuse for not exercising is a lack of time. An article in Prevention is entitled " Get Fit in 12 minutes a Day."
Prevention wrote about research in England that asked 12 sedentary women to climb a 200 step staircase.They started with once and progressed to six times a day. They could take the elevator down, so when they had completed the study they were only exercising about 12 minutes a day. They not only boosted their fitness level, but also improved their cholesterol level enough to cut their risk of cardiovascular disease by 33%.
In a second study of 13,500 men, those who climbed up and down at least 700 steps a week, or 100 steps a day (half that of the first study), reduced their risk of death by nearly 20%.
This reduction is comparable to what you'd achieve by walking about 2 miles a day, which takes most people 35 to 40 minutes. From a calorie-burning perspective, you'd have to walk briskly for 30 minutes to burn the same number of calories that you would climbing stairs for 15 minutes.
Find some stairs and live longer and healthier.