Minimal Physical Fitness Standard: Four Flights of Stairs in One Minute

"Climbing four flights of stairs in less than a minute indicates good heart health..."The stairs test is an easy way to check your heart health," said study author Dr. Jesús Peteiro, a cardiologist at University Hospital A Coruña, Spain. "If it takes you more than one-and-a-half minutes to ascend four flights of stairs, your health … Continue reading Minimal Physical Fitness Standard: Four Flights of Stairs in One Minute

How Changing The Way You Sit Could Add Years To Your Life

"Replacing chair sitting and associated muscular inactivity with more sustained active rest postures may represent a behavioral paradigm that should be explored in future experimental work."—David Raichlen, et al., "Sitting, squatting, and the evolutionary biology of human inactivity." "How changing the way you sit could add years to your life." PNAS. March 31, 2020.