<span style="color: #222222;">Scientists have found that&nbsp; Climbing stairs for just a few minutes at short intervals throughout the day can significantly improve heart health.&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp; </span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The research, published in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, suggests that virtually anyone can improve their fitness, anywhere, any time.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Martin Gibala, a professor at McMaster University in Canada, in the study has opined that the findings make it even easier for people to incorporate 'exercise snacks' into their day.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Gibala said those who work in office towers or live in apartment buildings can vigorously climb a few flights of stairs in the morning, at lunch, and in the evening as they are getting an effective workout.&nbsp;</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Previous studies had shown that brief bouts of vigorous exercise, or sprint interval training (SIT), are effective when performed as a single session, with a few minutes of recovery between the intense bursts, requiring a total time commitment of 10 minutes or so.</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">For the study, researchers set out to determine if SIT exercise snacks, or vigorous bouts of stairclimbing performed as single sprints spread throughout the day would be sufficient enough to improve cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), an important healthy marker that is linked to longevity and cardiovascular disease risk.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">To their surprise, researchers were a bit surprised to see that the stair snacking approach was also effective like the sprint interval training.</span><br />” &nbsp;