Step Up Exercise With Dumbbells
Feet at hip width toes pointed slightly out and dumbbells in hand facing a bench.
Step up exercise with dumbbells. Legs steps place a bench box or step in front of you. The taller the bench the more you will emphasize your gluteus maximus. The only dumbbell step up equipment that you really need is the following. Stand with dumbbells grasped to sides facing side of bench.
Dumbbells box and flat bench. See also the barbell step up. In this video we go through how to do the step up exercise with and without dumbbells weights. Step 2 put your left foot foot on the bench and without jumping drive through it to lift yourself up.
With your left leg step up on the bench follow with your right leg. Bring your right knee up and step up on to the bench. Try this step up workout start by standing in front of a box or bench around knee height holding dumbbells at your sides at arm s length. We also cover alternative step up variations combining upper b.
Place your right foot firmly on the step then drive. You can also use the dumbbell step up as an auxiliary exercise to improve your barbell squat. The dumbbell step up is a great exercise for building lower body strength and power. Step down with second leg by.
Step up with dumbbells step 1 stand tall with your weight in your heels and chest up. The exercise also improves core strength and stability. It targets all the same muscles as bodyweight step ups such as the quads glutes and hamstrings but allows for greater muscular overload. Grasp a dumbbell in each hand.
The dumbbell step up is a great exercise for developing unilateral functional leg strength. Hold a pair of dumbbells and stand facing the bench. Execution place foot of first leg on bench. Placing all of the effort in your right leg bring your body up into a standing position on the bench.
Stand on bench by extending hip and knee of first leg and place foot of second leg on bench. Dumbbell step up is a free weights exercise that primarily targets the quads and to a lesser degree also targets the calves glutes and hamstrings.