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How to do Dumbbell Single Leg Deadlift With Step Box Support

The dumbbell single leg deadlift with stepbox support is a unilateral lower body exercise that targets the glutes, with secondary emphasis on the hamstrings and lower back. It challenges balance, stability, and strength, making it suitable for those with some experience in weight training.

Dumbbell Single Leg Deadlift With Step Box Support demonstration
Primary muscles
Hamstrings and Glutes
Also works
Lower back
Equipment
Dumbbell
Level
Intermediate
Category
Legs

How to do Dumbbell Single Leg Deadlift With Step Box Support, step by step

  1. Stand with your feet hip-width apart, holding a dumbbell in your right hand.
  2. Place your left foot on a stepbox or elevated surface behind you.
  3. Keeping your back straight and core engaged, hinge forward at the hips, lowering the dumbbell towards the ground.
  4. As you lower the dumbbell, simultaneously lift your left leg behind you, maintaining a straight line from head to heel.
  5. Lower the dumbbell until you feel a stretch in your right hamstring, then return to the starting position.
  6. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch sides.

Muscles worked

Dumbbell Single Leg Deadlift With Step Box Support works your hamstrings and glutes as the main movers, with help from your lower back.

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Dumbbell Single Leg Deadlift With Step Box Support is already in SPLYT’s exercise library. Log your sets, reps and weight on iPhone or Apple Watch, with last time’s weights already filled in.

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