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step-ups

  • plural
    of step-up.
    step-up
    adjective
    effecting an increase.

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This can include lifting weights such as dumbbells, using gym machines or resistance bands, or using your own body weight in exercises such as squats, step-ups or press-ups.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

The signs point to several short-term factors coming together all at once — trade logjams, a surge in post-pandemic demand for goods, limited step-ups in oil production, labor demands for a living wage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2021

To increase the intensity, he suggests performing lunges or step-ups with weights or a backpack.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2021

Circuits might include running up stairs with weights on her back, box jumps, push-ups, pull-ups, dead lifts and step-ups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2016

Raul Ibanez pauses from one-legged step-ups on to a raised exercise platform, glances around his home gymnasium and picks up a plastic yellow stick.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2014