Step machines provide a cardiovascular workout by creating the motion of stair climbing without the jarring your body would experience on an actual flight of stairs. Because both feet stay on the ...

PLYMOUTH, Minn. — The key to losing weight might be sitting right there in your house or apartment building. A new study claims walking upstairs can burn 20 times more calories than walking on flat ...

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Wondering how climbing stairs compares to other workouts? It’s one of the more challenging workouts you can do.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Should you use a treadmill, an elliptical, an exercise bike, a rowing machine, or a stair climber? Well, that depends. Here, ...

Look, we’re with you. On any random day, given the choice between slogging up the stairs and enjoying a nice, stress and sweat-free ride in the elevator, we’d opt for the former. But on days when we’d ...

I've read a lot about the use of the treadmill for training, but haven't seen anything about stair machines. I'm working on the theory that if I plug away until I can "run" up the stairs, then this ...

It used to be lonely at the top for Rich Schmit. A Schaumburg firefighter, Schmit is admired in certain circles for his ability to climb stairs. Not on the stair machine at the health club, mind you, ...

Whether you are going the gym or trying to pick out the best cardio machine for your basement, there’s one simple answer to the question of which exercise machine is the best: the one you will use ...