Strength · Lunge · Dumbbells
Dumbbell Step-ups
Dumbbell Step-ups is a strength exercise with dumbbells that mainly works the quads, with help from the glutes, hamstrings and calves.
In Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 8–12 reps with 2:00 rest. When every set reaches 12 reps, the weight goes up 2 kg, or 5 lb if you train in pounds.
Muscles worked
Mainly
- Quads
Also
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Calves
Joints it loads
- Knee a lot
- Hip some
- Ankle some
With an injury here, the app warns you before this exercise.
Log it in Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead works out your next set of dumbbell step-ups, and every other lift, from your own numbers.
Test it before releaseSimilar exercises
The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.