2024年8月11日 · Lateral step-up is a popular step-up variation, and some lifters prefer it over the conventional movement. This article dives deep into the lateral step-up, including how to perform the exercise, its benefits, muscles worked, common mistakes, and variations.

2024年3月26日 · Learn how to do a lateral step up to improve your lower body strength and overall balance, plus modifications to make this exercise easier or harder.

2025年1月3日 · Lateral step-ups are an excellent addition to any workout program, offering unique benefits that go beyond traditional step-ups. Their ability to target multiple muscle groups, improve balance, enhance coordination, and strengthen stabilizers makes them …

2021年7月16日 · If you've heard of the step up exercise, then you might be interested in the lateral step up. In this variation, rather than stepping straight up, you'll step sideways onto a raised platform or bench. This trains your legs, hips, and core...

2022年2月11日 · A lateral step up is a variation of a traditional step up that actually replicates a squatting motion a lot better. Doing lateral step ups will offer you so many of the same benefits you can receive from squats, with a far easier learning curve.

Here we’ll dive into the stepup, how to do it, how muscles are trained, benefits, things to watch out for, and variations to spice up your stepup game. Ready to step up to the plate? Then let’s go. WHAT IS THE STEPUP? The stepup combines the lunge and stepping upward, like climbing the stairs. Do you take the stairs instead of the elevator?

2022年1月7日 · What is a step-up? A unilateral, or single-leg, exercise that involves placing one leg on a step or bench, then pressing through that leg to bring your other foot up to meet the lead one. What muscles do step-ups work? The main step-up exercise muscles worked are your quadriceps, glutes and hamstrings.

2024年7月2日 · Lateral Step Ups - How To. Set up: Find a solid box, bench, or platform around knee height. Position yourself: Stand close to the box, your feet shoulder width apart. Step up by lifting your outer leg and placing your foot firmly on the box.

2025年1月2日 · Lateral step-ups are a dynamic exercise that target multiple muscles including the quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, and calves. Engage your vastus lateralis, rectus femoris, biceps femoris, semitendinosus, maximus, medius, minimus, soleus, and gastrocnemius for a comprehensive lower body workout.

This exercise involves stepping up onto a raised platform or step with one foot, then bringing the other foot up to meet it before stepping back down. It primarily targets the muscles in the legs and glutes, while also engaging the core for stability.