Do you feel sleepy and tired at work? Climbing stairs is more refreshing than drinking coffee

What if office workers feel sleepy when they go to work? Us researchers suggest that instead of spending money on coffee, take the stairs for 10 minutes, which is more refreshing and saves a lot of money.

According to the Daily Mail of the 21st, researchers at the School of Motor function at the University of Georgia selected a group of female college students who had been deprived of sleep for a long time. The average sleep time of these students is less than 6.5 hours per night. The researchers asked them to either take caffeine or placebo capsules when they were most sleepy at noon, or spend 10 minutes walking slowly up and down the stairs, the amount of exercise equivalent to climbing to about 30 floors. they were then asked to take cognitive and sensory tests. The results showed that neither caffeine nor stair climbing significantly improved attention and memory, but stair climbing slightly increased work motivation and made people feel more energetic without affecting cognitive function.

Office workers often sit in front of the screen for a long time but lack large chunks of time for exercise, and simple exercises such as climbing stairs and walking outdoors can help them refresh themselves, but outdoor walking is easily affected by weather conditions, the researchers said. From this point of view, it may be more suitable for them to give up the elevator and take the stairs during the work break. (Wang Xinfang) [Xinhua News Agency Weekly draft]