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Changing Up the Speed Workouts

I did a video about my workout today – below: I fear that I’m not getting any faster by sprinting up the steps as I’ve been doing with my latest speed workouts on the mountain staircase. I weigh 12 pounds less than I do when I went up in 12:01, about 3 years ago. Recently [...]

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Yet Another Killer Stair Climbing Workout!

This one was the best speedwork ever on the stairs. I felt pretty good, so I had planned sprints up the stairs. I knew I could do 12 sprints of 100 steps each – with rest after each. I didn’t know if there would be anything left after that. I did a variation of this [...]

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Stair Climbing Workout 1-26-12

Guess I’ll chronicle my stair climbing workouts here as I continue training to break into the top 100 stair climbers in the world. Initially I thought I was going to try to break into the top 100 in the USA – but, I think the World cup ranking takes into account the whole world. No [...]

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Practice for Banyan Tree Stair Climb – Timing

Today my knees were slightly sore from the workout 2 days ago. Small pains in the knees. I attribute much of it to sitting still for 8-12 hours per day on the computer. Sometimes the only exercise I get is when I run out to do the stairs or walk or run the park perimeter. [...]

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Stair climbing is my latest passion, and I've been climbing a local mountain staircase very regularly for the last five years. Climbing stairs for exercise gives your body and mind an amazing lift - and I really think it has the potential to change your life outlook, in a positive way.

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