Featuring an elevation gain of 160 feet and consisting of 388 steps with 13 flights, this is Seattle’s longest staircase and it is beloved by residents.
There are a lot of health benefits to stair training exercise. In fact, stair training is possibly better than running for strength and cardio. It also requires less impact and repetitive stress.
You’re at the bottom of a large hill and the only way forward is up. The hill represents work against gravity — as such we may truly ascend upwards and into a fitter state of mind.
Chambers Bay near Tacoma, WA
When you power walk up a hill with a significant incline you will have to work harder to maintain a challenging pace. The metabolic benefits of brisk walks can be especially enjoyed in PNW neighborhoods.
Research has shown that walking on a treadmill or walking outdoors will stimulate creativity — and being creative in this modern world is epic for fat burn. You’re the person navigating your life with unique challenges, obstacles and also opportunities for growth through incline.
Let incline hills be your challenge today. Set aside 20-30 minutes at various intensity for the best results.
A common experience for people who have the number one goal as “weight loss” will view the success/failures of their efforts in a one dimensional way. Let us expand our views on Fitness, so that we can all experience the effect of fat loss.
Think about some ways you imagine fitness to improve lives in general. Mentally list off some ways that people experience the benefit of fitness.
We all benefit from fitness. I’ll get to the idea of fat loss as an effect later.
It’s true that everybody has a different body shape. Gains in fitness can be significant for all. Fitness is is simply worth pursuing.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a hero like this
Take a look at the picture above. The arms and shoulders are highly developed and probably only just a small part of our body image programming.
How many thousands of ways have we seen unreachable body types in media since youth? Images can be pervasive in ways I’m sure you’ve seen those before/after YouTube videos of models.
The goal of fitness is to improve the working mechanisms in the body so that when we are at rest or in action– we tend to deal with stress better.
Stress is a key element which people experience — whether thin, slim, or carry rotund tendencies… being able to deal with stress is truly an overlooked element of fitness.
Juice from Marlene’s market, somebody’s idea of stress management
You can look at stress as a stimulant in certain ways. After strong stimulus there must be recovery. How quickly do you recover?
It’s a matter of red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans, carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body. Cardio is all about flow, rhythm, and persistence.
Cardio is for Kings and Queens and all of His people
Fitness benefits from methods of physical expression. Use challenging movement patterns to enhance the neural circuitry of the brain.
Rear foot elevated split squat
If you are doing HIIT on the treadmill its a good idea to get faster or make a progression on your incline. Getting faster is a sure fire way to burn fat.
“It’s not about how fast you run, it’s about how you run fast”
Consume a vegetable strong, omega+3 focused diet for goals of nutrient density.
Again, just keep it simple.
Not everybody needs to lose weight, while every gain in fitness is valuable. Focus on putting the right things in.
Gains in fitness are more valuable than weight loss as a metric for physical progress. Many fitness adaptations are not measured yet should be seen for the benefit it is.
On another spectrum, people with body fat percentage higher than 20% may benefit from weight loss overall.
Find your reason.
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