Forget the idea of a traditional office gym. One Boston-based group is taking to the stairs to get workers in the city’s tallest buildings moving.
Several times a week, members of ClimbCorps ascend and descend the stairs of the buildings where they work downtown as part of a Brigham and Women’s Hospital initiative. Currently in its first year, the program seeks to spread awareness of heart disease, one of the leading causes of death in the country, and the disease that is also the most preventable, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Wow, thanks for running this story. What a great idea. The companies that participate in a program like this should get an award.
Ten flights is kind of a joke but better than nothing so if you want to call it cardio, good for you, and I guess it's better than nothing at all. I used to work in 1 Financial and I tried to do this for 20-30 stories but I was wearing business clothes and unless you have a place to shower and clean clothes to change into, not really practical. Plus the air circulation in office tower staircases kind of isn't very good. I'd rather go to the gym. Now I work from home and I bought a Stairmaster which I highly recommend.