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I have a serious sweet tooth. Cakes, cookies, brownies, chocolates, scones, meringues… I’m starting to drool. As we all know, though, cakes are not the way to a lean body this side of Heaven, so I seek to burn, baby, burn those calories every day and indulge my decadent sweet tooth when the opportunity arises.
One way to burn some serious energy is by utilizing stairs.
I love me some step mill, but I LOVE to mix it up on a set of real stairs when I find them. You can use ANY stairs! Use your home stairs, go to the local park, or crank it out on the step mill at the gym. Either way, you’ll burn some cupcakes and have fun doing it.
Stairway to Cupcakes Workout:
Set your interval timer for 45 seconds on, 15 seconds rest. Utilize every step of the stairwell, and then jog back down until the timer sounds
Warm UP
1. Walk the stairs
2. Walk the stairs, skipping every other step
3. Jog up the stairs
4. Push Ups
5. Squats
Interval 1
1. Sprint stairs
2. Walk stairs, skipping every other step
3. Sprint stairs
4. Step ups, alternating lead leg and kicking a straight leg behind in a leg lift (squeeze your bunz)
Repeat 3-5 times
Interval 2
1. Jump up the stairs (box jump for each step)
2. Wide step up the stairs (step out as wide as possible)
3. Jump up the stairs
4. Lunge up the stairs
Repeat 3-5 times
Interval 3
1. Run the stairs, skipping every other step
2. Toe touch bottom step (like a high knee run, but you’re lightly touching the top step, alternating feet, leaning back a little- pretend the step is a soccer ball that you don’t want to roll away)
3. Run the stairs, skipping every other step
4. Step up with a knee, alternating
Repeat 3-5 times