Stair Lunge Variations to increase your Strength, （楼梯突进的变化来增加你的力量,）.pdfVIP

PREFACE Virgil is showing some great variations to try when you are bored and want to get out of the gym and concentrate on bodyweight movements. Very cool stuff – check out how to get those glutes firing and building that knee stability in the sagittal plane! Jim Smith “Smitty”, CSCS, CFT, USAW The Diesel Crew DIESEL CREW ARTICLES – VIRGIL APONTE – STAIR EXERCISES 1 THE DIESEL CREW, LLC COPYRIGHT © 2006-2007 “ACHIEVING BEYOND POTENTIAL” WWW.STAIREXERCISES.COM LEADERS IN GRIP STRENGTH WWW.DIESELCREW.COM Stair Lunge Variations to increase your Strength, Dynamic Flexibility, Balance and Conditioning! By: Virgil Aponte, MS www.StairE When it comes to low tech, bang for your buck conditioning tools look no further than your apartment building, office building, high school, college, stadium or any place that gives you access to stairs. That’s right. You read it right the first time: STAIRS! Stairs are so effective that it inspired Stairmaster to create the Stairmaster™ and StepMill™. Although these pieces of equipment can be very valuable in gym setting they can’t compare to what real stairs have to offer. When most people think of stair exercises they usually envision running up stairs for anaerobic conditioning. But the truth is that stair exercises can address just about any fitness goal you can think of. Stairs can be used to improve strength, power, flexibility, and conditioning without the use of any other equipment except for your body of course. Many people use kettle bells, dumbbells, barbells, and weighted vests so I’ll go over workouts combing these tools with stairs. Many of these ideas and workouts I’ve personally used with elite professional athletes, college and high school students, law enforcement officials, military officia