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1 A Healthy Bite: Stephanie Pratt
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2 A Stairway Hike Through the Hollywood Hills
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3 You Asked: Why Is Stair Climbing So Difficult?
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4 Green Exercise: Run Stairs With a Medicine Ball
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5 Work It Girl: Step it Up (a Stair Technique)
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7 Do you take the stairs whenever possible?
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8 Piano Staircase: Cool or Not?
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9 Riding the Elevator vs. Climbing the Stairs
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10 Become an Outdoor Stair Climber
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11 You Asked: Are Short Bursts of Exercise Beneficial?
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12 Green Exercise: Do the Stairs
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13 The Benefits of Going Down
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14 Be a Two Timer
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15 Building Incentive to Take the Stairs
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16 Another Reason to Climb Stairs: It Prolongs Your Life
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17 Short on Gym Time? Be a Two-Timer
One of the first places eager parents try to babyproof is the staircase. And while stair-related injuries to kids dropped 11.6 percent from 1999 to 2008, a child is still treated for injuries that occur on or near their household stairs every six minutes. For infants, 25 percent of the injuries occur when mom and dad are carrying the tot down the stairs. According to a new report in a March 12 Read more
Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member stephaniepoli from the Su Casa group: The first thing I wanted to change after moving into our home in 2009 was the banister. It was this unappealing light wood color that didn't match. The wood itself had been neglected for some time. Most of the original varnish had worn off. Instead of spending tons of money replacing the whole thing, I went to Read more
Sure I can take the stairs when the elevator is broken, but when it comes to stair-climbing to burn extra calories, I'm a bit of a wimp. You see, stairs sort of scare me. Once you start going up a big flight, you know you have to keep going, and the intensity can be overwhelming. Stair climbing is intense because you're carrying your body weight against gravity. And if you take the stairs two at Read more
A friend recently passed along this video from The Fun Theory that documents the following experiment: will more people take the stairs over an escalator by making it fun to do? The group turns a set of stairs in a busy Stockholm metro station into a working piano — the idea being that making things fun can help change people's behavior for the better. Was it a success? Check out the video. I Read more
All over California, from San Francisco to the hills of LA, you can find hidden staircases in hilly neighborhoods. Climbing stairs is an easy way to add some cardio to your walk, and it can even prolong your life! While visiting a friend in Los Angeles last weekend, we made a point to go on a long, winding, and scenic walk through the Hollywood hills, hitting as many staircases as possible. Read more
Aside from junkyard garages, basements, and attics, stairwells are probably the most overlooked areas of the home. It's understandable, seeing as our priorities tend to lie in the places where we spend our time, like living rooms and kitchens, rather than the ones we just pass through. But staircases also happen to be one of the easiest spaces to decorate! With a can of paint, a roll of Read more
Are you over the whole decal craze? Yeah, I kind of am, too. But these playful staircases have me thinking about giving it another try. When a plain entryway could use a little dressing up, a simple and creative solution is to put a few sticky studs on a staircase. Counting your way upstairs or skipping over zebra print makes for a much more enjoyable trip than blank wooden slats. Don't you Read more
"I love doing the stairs. Sit ups. I thinks that's the easiest thing to do every morning and every night." —Hills star Stephanie Pratt on her favorite workout. Stephanie told Us Magazine that she also keeps an elliptical machine in her living room so she can work out whenever she's watching TV — even if it's just for 10 minutes at a time. Stephanie's secret for bikini season? Sally Hansen's Read more
An easy strategy for staying fit and developing a healthy lifestyle is to always take the stairs. It's a great way to burn calories, build endurance, and strengthen the legs. But taking the stairs might not seem reasonable if you work on the 20th floor; or, on the flip side, maybe you don't encounter enough stairs in your daily routine. Yesterday, a friend cut our conversation short because, as Read more
I was lucky enough to talk to celeb trainer Harley Pasternak, who shared a tip that seems perfect for the weekend. Harley says that the singular, most important piece of fitness advice he can offer someone is, "get a great pair of running shoes." On top of that, Harley says that you should always be wearing them, always. "Wearing a solid pair of running shoes helps put you in the mindset of being Read more
