Ready to challenge yourself to feel healthier and stronger?
The Wall Street Journal is launching its first fitness challenge, a six-week program of step-up exercises designed for people of all ages and fitness levels who want to dial their workout up a notch. Developed by veteran NBA sports performance coach Arnie Kander, this six-week program doesn’t require equipment and can be performed anywhere, even in small spaces.
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Mr. Kander spent 25-plus years working with NBA teams, including the Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons, for whom he still serves as a consultant. The 20-second step-up became his gold standard for measuring an athlete’s baseline level of fitness. “I’ve probably used it 1,000 times on professional athletes,” he says. It’s a very simple test that tells a lot about a person’s movement efficiency, balance response, coordination, reflexes, ankle flexibility and core strength.
Last spring, he challenged friends. A 94-year-old woman he knows completed eight steps up and down in 20 seconds. A former professional soccer player achieved 41 steps, up and down in 20 seconds. That’s nearly two steps per second.
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