Who said staying fit has to be expensive and requires a lot of tools? By now many have said goodbye to gyms and have started training at home. However, few have thought of using a very common part of our house. Our scales can in fact be useful allies for our fitness. That’s why the stairs at home are enough to train for free and without tools with these exercises.
But first of all you have to be ready. It is therefore recommended to wear suitable footwear and remove clutter or carpets from the stairs.
Cardio exercises
Stairs can successfully simulate rough, uphill terrain. They are therefore excellent for cardiovascular exercises. We know how tiring it is run uphill! We can do the same on the stairs. Depending on the type of training we seek, we can focus on sprints or run longer. Taking the stairs up and down will also work your leg muscles at the same time. To combine cardio and muscle exercises we can also perform jumps with feet joined from one step to another. Alternatively we can run up the steps two by two.
Muscle exercises on the stairs
Stairs can also be great for working out arm and leg muscles. We can indeed use them as a basis for carrying out push-ups inclined. To do this, we place our feet on the bottom of the stairs and our arms on one of the steps. But not only that, the stairs at home are enough to train for free and without tools with these exercises such as dips.
To perform the dips you have to face the back of the stairs, placing your hands on the edge of the step behind your back. The legs must be stretched out in front of us or resting on the steps below. Now all that remains is to carry out lifts with the arms to raise the body. Finally, you can use the steps for leg lunges. To do this we can walk up the stairs placing our feet about three steps away from each other.
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