My love/hate relationship with the Stair Master inspired me to take my stair workout to an actual staircase! Do this at home or find some stairs at a local park or school that have a good amount of steps! Depending on the amount of stairs you use will depend upon how easy/hard you make your workout. If you choose a place with a lot of stairs, you can modify the workout by only going halfway up instead of the whole way.
Warm Up: About 5 minutes
Walk up and back down the stairs
Jog up and walk back down
At the bottom of the stairs:
3X Through
Dips (12-15 reps)
Windmill Push Ups (12-15 reps)
Mt. Climbers with hands on first step (45 seconds)
Rest 30 seconds then repeat 2 more times
Jog up steps/walk back down
3X
Plank step ups (30-45 seconds) (Start in plank position on hands in front of bottom step. Walk yourself up one hand at a time to first step, then back down)
Hop Ups (45 secs to a minute) (Start on ground in front of first bottom step, hop up onto first or second step and back down)
Plank Tuck In's (In plank position on hands with feet on bottom or 2nd step, tuck right knee in toward your left elbow and alternate)
Cross over lunges up the steps/walk back down (alternate legs, skipping every 2 or 3 steps)
Tip Toes/walk back down (walk up the steps on your tip toes...calves!)
Rest
3X
Step Ups onto 2nd or 3rd step ( 30-45 seconds-one leg at a time)
Incline Push Ups (on second or third step)
Hip Bridges (Feet on bottom step or 2nd highest step)
Walk or jog up steps and back down
Stretch
