Yep, you can get in a a great leg workout at home. If you have a set of stairs, you're halfway there. Start your workout with a little warm-up. Run up and down your stairs a couple of times. I only have a half flight so that makes more trips up and down for me. Now that you've got your blood pumping to your legs; it's time to really work them. To start out I want you to do one step at a time. Step up with your right foot and use only that leg to pull you up to the next step and put your left foot down onto the next step. Now do it all the way up, slowly.
After a couple of flights of one step; move onto to two steps at a time. It is amazing how different going up the stairs so slowly and methodically feels. Feel the burn. Going down, do the same. Slowly, one step at a time; feel your muscle work to get you down the stairs. I like to rotate from running down the stairs and taking it one step at a time, slowly. No need for a StairMaster machine; you can be Master of the Stairs in your own home.
When you start out, make sure to hang on to the rail so that you have stability. I don't want anyone falling down the stairs so be careful please. You want to work up to not hanging on to the rail so you can work out all those muscles that help you keep your balance. There is a big difference from hanging on and not. Not is the goal. Once you've got two steps at a time with no hands; you can move onto some weights. Of course you want to start very light and build. You will soon be the Master of the Stairs.
Next you can move onto an step exercise that sounds easy but is tougher than you'd think. Bunny hops up, one step at a time with both feet at the same time. Hang on to the railing doing this at first. Again, no hands is the goal. I like to do these between regular workouts or on my day off. Don't feel like going to the gym? You don't have to.
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