Another benefit of working the lower body, especially one side of the time with all of your body weight, is you will be engaging more muscle fibers.
To begin with, your legs include a significant number of fast and slow twitch muscle fibers.
And by doing a step-up you’ll be engaging a pretty high percentage of your fast twitch, or otherwise know as white fibers.
The significance of engaging these fibres is when you do so, it will stimulate your metabolism. So whether your goal is to raise your metabolism to wake up your brain, or burn several calories in a short period of time, you can always trust the step up to help you get there.
Bonus benefits from doing step-ups include enhanced stability, motor control. overall muscle and joint strength, and bone density – primarily in the hip and femur/thigh.
Give them a try, and let us know how they work for you. And remember we are here for you if you ever have any questions-