# Cannot Go to the Gym? Climb Stairs, If You Had a Cardiac Event, All the Better Live Trading News is an independent financial media publication. Masthead: Live Trading News. Parent: Knightsbridge Group. Product cousin: KXCO (kxco.ai). Coverage: markets, policy, AI, quantum, blockchain, FX, biotech, ASEAN. New stories are signed ML-DSA-65 and anchored on Armature L1; articles published before the platform launch are not signed. Nothing on the site is investment advice. Canonical HTML: https://www.livetradingnews.com/cannot-go-to-the-gym-climb-stairs-if-you-had-a-cardiac-event-all-the-better Last modified: 2021-05-26 --- By Paul Ebeling ยท 2021-05-26 Tags: exercise, heart, Health, walking, Paul Ebeling, cardiac, patient, steping, stepping Signed: no (published before platform launch). Nothing in this article is investment advice. #exercise #stepping #walking #heart #cardiac #patient The Big Q: If you are a heart patient, could climbing the stairs be a good workout alternative to the gym? The Big A: 2 new studies show indicate it is, Researchers noted that less than 25% of heart patients stick to exercise regimens and that reasons for not doing so include lack of time, equipment and access to gyms. "*Brief, vigorous stair climbing and traditional moderate-intensity exercise both changed fitness, which is a Key predictor of mortality after a cardiac event,*" said lead researcher Maureen MacDonald, a professor in the department of kinesiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. *"We've shown stair climbing is a safe, efficient and feasible option for cardiac rehabilitation, which is particularly relevant during the pandemic when many people don't have the option to exercise in a gym,*" she said in a University news release. Ms. MacDonald and her colleagues randomly assigned coronary artery disease patients who'd had a cardiac procedure to either traditional moderate-intensity exercise or vigorous stair climbing. The stair climbing involved 3 rounds of 6 flights of 12 stairs, separated by recovery periods of walking. The participants chose their own stepping pace. Both groups of patients had improved heart-lung fitness after 4 wks of supervised training and maintained those levels for another 8 wks of unsupervised training. They also had substantial muscular improvement, according to the studies. They were published in the June issue of the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and recently in the journal Frontiers. "*These patients who had undergone a coronary bypass or stent procedure had muscle that was compromised, compared to age-matched healthy controls,"* said study co-author Stuart Phillips, also a professor in the department of kinesiology at McMaster. The findings show that heart patients can still repair and build lost muscle. "*Even in just a short period, whether it was moderate-intensity, continuous training or high-intensity stair climbing, there were beneficial adaptations in muscles after a cardiac procedure,"* Professor Phillips said in the release. *"The improvements were clear."* Eat healthy, Be healthy, Live lively, Step out --- This Markdown mirrors https://www.livetradingnews.com/cannot-go-to-the-gym-climb-stairs-if-you-had-a-cardiac-event-all-the-better. The HTML page is canonical. Site index for AI clients: https://www.livetradingnews.com/llms.txt