Weighted Step-Ups - Step by Step Guide Weighted Step Ups Workout

Workout Time: 30 Seconds Each Leg

STEP 1: Stand facing a bench or step, with your hands by your sides holding dumbbells. Use your hands like hooks, rather than clasping the weights with your arms, so that the weight is carried as a dead weight by your legs not your upper body. Breathe out and step up with one foot, placing your whole foot on the bench.

Tip: Maintain good posture, rolling your shoulders gently back, standing tall and keeping your torso in alignment.

STEP 2: Push through your heels, and step up with your other foot so you are standing on the bench, making sure you don't lock your knees at the top. Step down with the same foot. Then repeat with the other leg.