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VIDEO: Climbing stairs may be the most effective exercise to burn calories, study shows
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Climbing stairs may be the most effective exercise to burn calories, study shows

Physiologist and biomechanist Dr. Alberto Minetti has done extensive research on human locomotion to explain why going up stairs is so effective for burning calories in a short amount of time.

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