Dumbbell Step-Ups
- Place a bench in front of you. Hold a pair of dumbbells and stand facing the bench. Brace your core and keep your gaze straight ahead.
- Bring your right knee up and step up on to the bench. Placing all of the effort in your right leg, bring your body up into a standing position on the bench.
- Slowly lower yourself to the starting position and switch legs.
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Dumbbell step-ups is a gym work out exercise that targets hamstrings and quadriceps and also involves calves and glutes & hip flexors. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Seal jacks, standing knee hugs and toe taps are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as dumbbell step-ups. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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