What Does the Stair Climber Help?

The stair climber has been helping people strengthen, tone, burn calories, improve balance and lose weight for years. Because it can be adjusted to different levels, stair climbers are appropriate for most people, from novice exercisers to advanced athletes. Stair climbers also reduce the risk of the impact-related injury associated with climbing real stairs as the machine's movement maintains consistent climbing action without the need for descending.

  1. Boosts the Burn

    • Larger muscle groups burn more calories. Because stair climbers recruit the use of the largest muscle groups in your lower body, exercising on a stair climber will help boost your calorie expenditure. The more calories you burn, the greater your potential for losing weight. When you use the stair climber to burn more calories than you consume, you will start to burn fat.

    Cultivates Cardiovascular Capacity

    • When you exercise on a stair climber, your heart beats faster and pumps more blood. Thus, stair climbing improves your cardiovascular endurance by making your heart stronger while improving your overall aerobic capacity. Most stair climbers offer heart rate checks, which allow you to train according to a target heart rate.

    Tones from Tush to Toes

    • You use your glutes, hamstrings, quadriceps and calves with each and every step you take on the stair climber. You can actually make as many as 120 steps per minute on the stair climbing machine. Because you push against the resistance of the stair climber, stair climbing is a form of high-repetition resistance training, which builds strong, lean and sculpted muscles from your tush to your toes.

    Builds Balance and Activates Abs

    • Training on the stair climber requires coordination and balance, so when you first begin working out on the stair climber, you may find it challenging. Handrails on the machines, however, will help you balance while you climb. As you get stronger and more coordinated on the stair climber, you will naturally learn to engage your abdominal muscles for better balance and a stronger core.