lateral step-ups with dumbbells
Stand beside a sturdy box or bench, holding a dumbbell in each hand, arms relaxed at your sides. Place the foot closest to the box firmly on its center, ensuring your entire foot is on the surface.
- Equipment
- Equipment
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Focus Area
- Legs
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- Quadriceps
- Gluteus Maximus
- Gluteus Medius
Secondary muscles
- Hamstrings
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
- Rectus Abdominis
- Obliques
- Erector Spinae
- Trapezius
Target muscles
- legs
- glutes
- hips
- shoulder
How to perform
- 1
Stand beside a sturdy box or bench, holding a dumbbell in each hand, arms relaxed at your sides.
- 2
Place the foot closest to the box firmly on its center, ensuring your entire foot is on the surface.
- 3
Engage your core, keep your chest up, and drive through the heel of your elevated foot to step up onto the box.
- 4
Bring your trailing foot up to meet the lead foot on the box, standing tall.
- 5
Control the descent by stepping down with the trailing foot first, then the lead foot, returning to the starting position.
- 6
Complete all reps on one side before switching, or alternate sides.
Safety & form
Train smart. Read these notes before adding heavy load.
