I-stepper ingenza abakhi be-bodyblusiilders bakhuphuke ngezitebhisi, ezingakwazi ukuthuthukisa kuphela umsebenzi wohlelo lwezinhliziyo, kodwa futhi zivivinya umzimba ngamathanga namathole.
Ngaphezu kokushisa okuvuthayo, ukuthuthukisa izinga lezinhliziyo kanye namandla okuphefumula a-aerobic, i-treadmill ingavivinya umzimba ngasikhathi sinye, okhalweni kanye nemilenze, ukuze kufinyelelwe ukushiswa kwamafutha ezingxenyeni eziningi zomzimba bese udala ijika lomzimba eliphansi eliphelele kwithuluzi elifanayo. Lapho ungena, ungazivocavoca izindawo ongazivamisile ukuhambisa kuzo, njengokuthi ungaphandle kokhalweni lwakho, ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwamathanga akho, njalonjalo. Hlanganisa imisebenzi yomshini wokusonta okhalweni kanye ne-treadmill, sebenzisa izingxenye eziningi futhi usebenzise amakhalori amaningi ngesikhathi esifanayo sokuzivocavoca.