• Start by standing with your feet about hip-width apart, with a dumbbell in your hands. Your feet should be slightly pointed outward, and your shoulders should be down and relaxed.
    Place a step or box beside you, and step up onto it with one foot. Your other foot should remain on the ground.
    Push off your grounded foot, raising your body up onto the step.
    Step back down with the same foot, returning to the starting position.
  • Stand in front of a step or bench with your feet shoulder-width apart and hold two dumbbells on your side with a neutral grip.
    Step up onto the bench with your right foot, pushing off your foot to raise your body up onto the bench.
    Bring your left foot up onto the bench and stand up straight, keeping the barbell at your shoulders.
    Step back down with your left foot, followed by your right foot, to return to the starting position.
  • Put your shoulder blades on a bench. Both feet on a low box or a plate.
    Start with your hips up.
    Drop your hips and then push your hips up toward the ceiling.
  • Abduct at the hips and raise your leg out to the side.
    Return to the starting position and stop just short of your foot touching back to the ground (to keep tension on the muscle).