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Step Up - Continuous
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- HOW: Set up a step on the ground. Step up onto the step with one leg as you bring the other leg up into a runners position with the knee and hip at 90 degrees.Touch the toe of the drive leg back to the ground without placing weight through it. Swing your arms in a running related pattern Continuously perform this motion for the prescribed amount of reps.
- FEEL: You should feel your leg and hip muscles working.
- COMPENSATION: Keep your upper half upright, don’t slouch forwards as you step up and back. Simply touch the toe back instead of placing weight through it. Swing your arms.
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