ParagardÂ® is a copper-releasing device that is placed in your uterus to prevent pregnancy for up to 10 years. Do not use ParagardÂ® if you have a pelvic infection, get infections easily or have certain cancers. Less than 1% of users get a serious infection called pelvic inflammatory disease. If you have persistent pelvic or stomach pain, or if ParagardÂ® comes out, tell your healthcare provider. If it comes out, use back-up birth control. Occasionally, ParagardÂ® may attach to or in rare cases may go through the uterine wall and may also cause other problems. In some cases, surgical removal may be necessary.
Running stairs provides an intense calorie burn, torching up to 885 calories per hour for a 130-pound person. The exercise doesn't require any special equipment or an expensive gym membership, and it helps you tone muscles throughout your lower body.
11 calories per minute climbing stairs at a fast speed. 11 calories per minute on a stairclimber or stair-treadmill; 19 calories per minute running up stairs. 4 calories per minute walking down stairs, about the same as walking on flat ground. 1.6 calories per minute standing on an escalator or in an elevator, one-third of the calories expended by taking the stairs at a slow pace. Over the course of a year, you might lose over half a pound if your only lifestyle change was taking the stairs for a minute a day. Stair climbing challenges more muscles than walking on level ground or standing. You use your gluteus maximus and hamstrings to climb stairs.