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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Katie Sims

The Step Machine Has Gone Wildly Viral For Supercharging Strength and Cardio Fitness – So I Tried One for Two Weeks

Woman stepping with weights.

If you’ve spent any time on gym TikTok lately, you’ll know the step machine or Stairmaster is firmly back in its main-character era. Creators are sharing everything from slow, glute-focused climbs to surprisingly spicy weighted workouts, breathing new life into a piece of kit that’s been lurking on gym floors for years.

It might be trending now, but this isn’t exactly a shiny new invention - which makes it even funnier that I’ve basically ignored it for the last couple of years, despite my full awareness of the machine's popularity.

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