3 Ultimate Lower Body Stair-Climbing Workouts

Cardio can get boring. You pick a machine and plod along. You tell yourself you’re not allowed to check the time. You go and go. You’re getting so sweaty. You listen to a million songs, but it’s just the same old routine and you’re just burning calories, not building your body. Enter a StairMaster or elliptical workout. Who knew that just simply raising and lowering your leg going up the stairs could do SO much for your lower body? Even if you don’t have access to a StairMaster machine, but have stairs, here is a 25-minute workout routine that will transform your body. But first, here are a few things to remember: 1.) Posture is everything! Remember to stand tall with your heart forward. So many people are hunched over on these machines. You wouldn’t walk or run like this, so stand tall! 2.) Listen to your body! If this is your first time on the StairMill, it might surprise you how winded you will get. 3.) Don’t Hold On You know the move: gripping the sides of the machine for dear life. That’s not helping your body work harder—it’s cheating. If you feel off-balance, lightly grasping the sides will...