Step-Ups

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 4:20pm filed under Thighs

Calories Burned:  408 calories per hour   (based on a body weight of 150 lbs.)
Primary Muscles Trained:  Thighs
Instructions: 
Place one foot on a step (or bench) that’s about 2 feet off the ground, and push down through your heel to lift your other leg up. Return to the starting position and finish all reps with one leg before switching legs and repeating the exercise. The step or bench should be high enough so that your thigh is parallel to the floor when your foot is on the step.

Exercise Comments

I love this exercise. I pyramid my sets from 5 reps to 50 reps moving up in increments of five, alternating 5 reps on the right, 5 reps on the left; 10 reps on the right, 10 reps on the left. When I complete the 50 rep rotation, I reverse the whole process, and work back down from 50 to 5. I try to keep my time right around 25- 30 minutes.
 
December 17, 2009 at 11:11pm

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