Dumbbell Step-Ups

Technique

How to perform Dumbbell Step-Ups

1. Stand up straight while holding a dumbbell on each hand (palms facing the side of your legs).
2. Place the right foot on the elevated platform.
3. This is your starting position.
4. Step on the platform by extending the hip and the knee of your right leg.
5. Use the heel mainly to lift the rest of your body up and place the foot of the left leg on the platform as well.
6. Breathe out as you execute the force required to come up.
7. Step down with the left leg by flexing the hip and knee of the right leg as you inhale to return to the starting position.
8. Repeat with the opposite leg.

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Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Rectus Femoris, Gluteus Maximus, Vastus Lateralis, Vastus Medialis.