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By SquidSix
Live
in a walkup apartment? Wanna get some really odd looks? Try these:
- Take the stairs, feet together,
three at a time, up one floor. Jump up till you reach the landing.
Think of a BIG box jump. Try to avoid touching your heels to the
steps when you do these. Bend at the knees, flex the calves, and
spring!
- At the top, do one-leg jumps just
like the last set, but one foot touches. Do your best to avoid
letting the heel touch the step. Switch legs for the next flight.
- Now, at the top of the third floor,
turn around, face the bottom, and get into the pushup position.
Start down the steps on your hands. Take two steps at a time,
walking down face-first on your hands and toes. Think of a downhill
bear crawl. When you reach the bottom of the first flight down,
reverse the process and go up again, backwards. Two at a time,
till you reach the top again.
- Next, take the steps two at a time,
hopping your hands, but this time BOTH hands at the same time,
like the jumps, only down, and with your hands. You can let your
knees drag a little if you're worried about falling. (In a lot
of years of having people do these, I've never had anyone fall.)
- When you reach the landing, reverse
the process, both hands together, two steps at a time, till you
hit the top. Rest if you need to, then it's back down, walking,
one hand at a time, two at a time, like you did the first flight.
Do this all the way to the bottom.
- Now, jumps again, both feet, three
steps at a time, to the top.
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This
is ONE SET. Try to get three.
- If the downstairs hand-hops
are too hard the first time around, take them one step
at a time. As you get stronger, you can do one hand hops
down two steps, then switch hands.
- Another variation is to
crab-walk all the way down, feet first, then back up,
head first (backwards crab-walking is pretty tough on
a flat surface, imagine the workout UP THE STAIRS.
These should give
you an incredible shoulder and upper arm workout, and target
the quads, gluts, and calves. It will be VERY hard, and you
will never bitch about walking up the stairs again.
Oh, one more
thing: GET THE HELL OFF THE ELEVATOR!!
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