Take the stairs to a brilliant workout!

Posted on December 06, 2013 by Teresa Dow

With daylight savings well and truly here, the sunrises are truly spectacular and 6:30am down at the beach feels like the middle of summer. Try this workout that incorporates 60 second bursts of effort with little rest and a stairs circuit to finish. Set your timer to 60 seconds for each exercise & move straight through with no rest.

Round 1

STRENGTH

Burpees with a pushup and knee up

High bench step ups

Dips

Repeat

Round 2

ABS

Set your timer to 60 seconds for each exercise & move straight through with no rest

Elevated plank

Bicycles

Double Crunches

Reverse crunches

CARDIO FINISHER

Hills ladder

Find 5 spots and run to the 1st, then back, to the 2nd then back, to the 3rd then back, to the 4th then back, to the 5th then back. Then all the way to the top from the very bottom.

Set your stopwatch to 3 minutes

Continuously run up and down the hill.

STAIRS

Set you stopwatch to 60 seconds

Run laps of the stairs taking one flight 1 step at a time and the next 2 steps at a time non stop for 60 seconds.

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