Bodyweight step-up: how to do it and what it works
Steps onto a box without external load to practice unilateral strength and knee control.
- Main muscles
- Quadriceps, Gluteus maximus
- Secondary muscles
- Gastrocnemius, Hamstrings
- Equipment
- Bodyweight, Box or step
How to do it
Bodyweight step-up
Unweighted step onto a box that teaches producing force with the elevated leg and controlling the descent before adding dumbbells.
Form. Choose a conservative height, plant your whole foot on top and step up pushing through that foot; lower slowly without dropping onto the floor leg.
Common mistake. Pushing off with the bottom foot, using an unstable box, letting the knee drop inward, or choosing an excessive height.
