Want to have a nicer butt, a firmer rear, maybe better toned upper legs and lower too? Well, it’s just as simple as taking the stairs any time you possibly can. Having a two or three story home helps immensely as well. If I counted how many times I took the stairs in one day, between my work and home life, since both places require the climbing of stairs - two flights at the work place, I’d say it easily tallies at least ten times per day, many times more depending on how much activity is going on.

I make sure that at work, I take the steps whenever possible, because they are particularly challenging when coming in the morning, since I come in on the ground floor purposely, I have to take three flights up to get to my second floor office, and it’s a nice way to get my blood circulating and get energized first thing in the morning, especially since I have a desk job.

Then, throughout the day at work, I make sure I get up and walk around quite a bit, and always make a few visits the the cafeteria, or just downstairs, just so that I can take those three flights of stairs and get my heart rate up, as well as get a little muscle workout in the process. Taking steps is like getting on a stairmaster machine, only it’s a little more strenuous even than that, since you are usually moving at a quicker pace and real steps are structured so that they are a little harder than a machine that has been made to be as smooth as possible.

I’ve noticed since we own a two story home and I’ve focused on really taking the stairs every time I can at work, that my butt has become firmer, I’m not kidding! I won’t say it’s become smaller, because I believe that takes exercise in the gym and also dieting, but it has definitely become more firm when I feel it, than it was before. Taking the stairs pays, it gets your blood circulating, builds cardio endurance, and breaks up the days when you are sitting on your butt a lot - ie at work!

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