Step-Up

Bodyweight Beginner

Drive up onto the platform with the leading leg doing the lifting; the trailing leg only follows. Step down under control rather than dropping.

Muscles worked

Step-Up vs similar exercises

Step-Up vs Bulgarian Split Squat
Step-UpBulgarian Split Squat
Same main muscles at the same intensity — the difference is in how you perform it.
- LevelBeginnerIntermediate
Step-Up vs Smith-Machine Bulgarian Split Squat
Step-UpSmith-Machine Bulgarian Split Squat
Same main muscles at the same intensity — the difference is in how you perform it.
- EquipmentBodyweightGuided machine
- LevelBeginnerIntermediate
Step-Up vs Smith-Machine Lunge
Step-UpSmith-Machine Lunge
Same main muscles at the same intensity — the difference is in how you perform it.
- EquipmentBodyweightGuided machine
- LevelBeginnerIntermediate
Step-Up vs Dumbbell Step-Up
Step-UpDumbbell Step-Up
Same main muscles at the same intensity — the difference is in how you perform it.
- EquipmentBodyweightFree weights