Legs · Bodyweight · Compound · Beginner

Step-up with Knee Raise

Step-up with Knee Raise, start position
Start
Step-up with Knee Raise, end position
End
FrontBack
PrimarySecondary
Main muscles
Glutes
Also working
Hamstrings, Quads

How to do it

  1. Stand facing a box or bench of an appropriate height with your feet together. This will be your starting position.
  2. Begin the movement by stepping up, putting your left foot on the top of the bench. Extend through the hip and knee of your front leg to stand up on the box. As you stand on the box with your left leg, flex your right knee and hip, bringing your knee as high as you can.
  3. Reverse this motion to step down off the box, and then repeat the sequence on the opposite leg.

Swaps on other equipment

Each has the glutes as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.

Other glute exercises

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