Effects of Stair-Climbing Exercise Snacks with Blood Flow Restriction on Fitness in Sedentary University Students: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Longzhen Qiu, Jiling Liang, Ling Yu, Siyao Gao, Yineng Tan, Xueliang Li, Jianyu Gan · 2026
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Longzhen Qiu leads a seven-author team reporting a 2026 pilot trial of very short stair-climbing workouts for inactive university students. Twenty-three sedentary young men finished, split among stair climbing alone, stair climbing with cuffs that briefly restrict blood flow in the legs, and a control group. Sessions ran over four weeks, each built from three climbs of twenty seconds at full effort.
Both training groups improved lung capacity, flexibility, sprint times, and a 1000 metre run, while body mass index stayed put. The cuff group gained extra ground in the standing long jump and showed larger sprint and endurance gains, though differences between the training groups were not firm. The control group actually lost jump distance. Qiu's team reads the pattern as promising for busy students, while calling for bigger trials to confirm the cuffs' added value.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Longzhen Qiu, Jiling Liang, Ling Yu, Siyao Gao, Yineng Tan, Xueliang Li, Jianyu Gan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |