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Weighted Step-Up
Demonstration
3D animation · looped · Vital Animations
Exercise Details
- Equipment
- Dumbbells + sturdy box/platform
- Sets & Reps
- 3 sets × 8-12 reps per side · rest 90 s
- How to do it
- Whole foot planted on the box; the top leg alone drives to a full stand (no pushing off the trailing leg); lower slowly under control; box height about knee level.
- Common mistakes
- Pushing off the back leg, excessive forward lean on the way up, free-falling back down
Muscles Worked
Other Exercises for the Same Muscle
Barbell Hip Thrust · Barbell Back Squat · Deadlift · Romanian Deadlift · Bulgarian Split Squat · Cable Glute Kickback
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