Cardio – Stairmaster / Stairmill
- Position yourself on a Stairmaster so that your core is braced and your back is flat. Keep your chest up along with your gaze. Set the Stairmaster to the appropriate program and begin.
- Lift one leg up after another, focusing on the quadricep muscle (front of the thigh) pushing your body weight up.
- Move at a slow pace while maintaining good form. Refrain from hunching over or placing all of your weight on the side bars.
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Cardio – stairmaster / stairmill is a gym work out exercise that targets hamstrings and quadriceps and also involves calves and glutes & hip flexors. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Goblet squats, partial / half squats and barbell squats are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as cardio – stairmaster / stairmill. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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