Protect Your Knees With Reverse Step Ups

Now that we have built strength and mobility in the lower legs, it is time to move up above the knees and strengthen our quads, just above the knees in a muscle called the Vastus Medialis Oblique (VMO – one of the 4 quadricep muscles). The full version of the reverse step up is essentially stepping up onto a step backwards. But to begin with we want to start with both feet on flat ground and build up.