The best time is when it fits in your schedule. If you are not able to get it done otherwise, then get it done when you can. But, if you are able to rearrange your schedule, the best time is in the morning and afternoon. And if work is too demanding, at least walk up and down the stairs, instead of riding the elevator. And don’t sit around longer than 30 minutes—get up to do something for 2 minutes.
Physical activity during morning and afternoon, not evening, tied to lower risk for developing T2D
Healio (9/21/23, Monostra) reports, “Physical activity during the morning and afternoon, but not during the evening, is associated with a lower risk for developing type 2 diabetes” (T2D), researchers concluded in a study that “obtained data from 93,095 U.K. Biobank participants who did not have a history of type 2 diabetes.” The findings were published online in the journal Diabetologia.
Climbing more than five flights of stairs daily may lower heart disease risk by 20%
Healio Minute, September 27, 2023
People who started but then stopped daily stair climbing had greater ASCVD risk vs. those who never climbed stairs. Adults who reported climbing more than five flights of stairs daily were 20% less likely to develop atherosclerotic CVD over 12 years compared with those who reported never climbing stairs, according to data from a UK Biobank analysis. “Short bursts of high-intensity stair climbing are a time-efficient way to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and lipid profile, especially among those unable to achieve the current physical activity recommendations,” Lu Qi, MD, PhD, FAHA, HCA Regents Distinguished Chair and professor in the department of epidemiology at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues wrote in the study background. “Previous work has mainly focused on a cluster of ASCVD risk factors, such as metabolic syndrome and diabetes; however, the long-term effects of stair climbing intensity or changes in stair climbing for the prevention of ASCVD are sparse.”
