Hello my lovelies, I hope you're ready to wear your beautiful swimsuit for summer beach parties, personally I still have to lose some more kilos before going on vacation (I still have enough time) :p
So as promised, I am blogging today about my new workout routine, I've started this new workout "program" more than a week ago and I want to share it with you :D
So as promised, I am blogging today about my new workout routine, I've started this new workout "program" more than a week ago and I want to share it with you :D
Well I'm talking about The Stairs Workout. Stairs are a great way not only to lose weight but also to tone and strengthen our lower body. The fact that it's very efficient in burning maximum of calories and increasing heart rate makes it my all time favourite exercise :)
In this kind of workout, you will only need a set of stairs, your body, motivation and a strong determination :)
Personally when I first started the stairs workout, I started by running up and down for 5 minutes and now I can run for 15 minutes, But if you are a beginner you SHOULD start off slowly, you can start by walking up and down until you acclimatize you body.
So here is my stairs workout routine but without warming up, stretching or cooling down exercises (there will be a full post dedicated for them)
- Joging up the stairs step by step (up and down), followed by climbing two steps at a time (up) for 5 minutes
- The spiderman push up: I put my hands on a stairstep and I bring my knee to my elbow while doing a push up (10 reps). This is a great exercise for shoulders, triceps, core and chest.
- The stairs triceps dip: I put my hand on a stairstep with bent knees and my feet on the floor. I move my buttom down and I bend my elbows and then I slowly press off with my hands and push myself straight back up to the starting position (10 reps). This is a great exercise for shoulders, triceps, wrists, core and legs.
- Rotational reach: I start with the plank position, I put my hands on a stairstep with hands and shoulders width apart. I turn up my body to the side and I raise my arm then I repeat the same steps on the other side (10 reps for each side). This is a great exercise for shoulders, core and back
- Stair lunges: I put my one feet on the last stairstep and the other one on the floor and then I bent my keens. Just be sure to not overextend your knees over your toes as this will hurt your knees (10 reps for each leg). This exercise is great for legs and butt.
I take 3 minutes rest after doing all these exercises and then I repeat the circuit 3 times. In fact, if you include these exercises to the stairs climbing you will get a full body workout. Stairs are really a free and accessible way to lose weight, increase your resistence and strenghthen as well as tone your whole body.
My goals in the few next days are:
- To lengthen the time of my workout by doing more sets
- To carry dumbbells while running stairs
- To speed up my workout
And now what are waiting for, go and climb the stairs :) See you soon BYE <3
