North Sydney Personal Trainer - How To Perform A Dumbbell Step Up

Human Design health and fitness is a private boutique personal training studio based in north Sydney. We help busy men and women fall in love with fitness again.

This week we have a demonstration of a simpel exercise called the dumbbell step up which can be performed poorly if you do not pay attention to what you are doing.

Remember, every exercise you do should require focus to perform your best technique to get the best results and prevent injury.

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Check out the video here for a demonstration.

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The dumbbell step up is a great exercise for developing strength and endurance in the Lower body.

Basic tips:

- Heels stay flat on the bench
- Dumbbells do not swing back and forth
- Knees, hips and shoulders ascend at the same rate
- Your knees should track with your toes - no collapsing inward.
- No bouncing at the bottom of the movement. Keep it controlled and try to let the top leg do all the work.

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