Health-club exercisers are finding they need a new prop for their aerobics workouts: a low bench for stepping up and down in a choreographed routine set to music. They call their program step ...

b) Step up on to your bench, alternating legs and lifting the opposite weight up to your chest at the same time. Do eight repetitions three times to work your lower back, legs and bum.

That second-quarter stretch featuring mildly effective minutes from James Johnson, Chris Richard, Hakim Warrick and Flip Murray on Saturday night wasn’t a mirage. “Our bench has to step up and ...

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