How tall is your step?
Debbiedebbiey
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I have one for step ups that is 16-kinda tall, I'm 5'3", short legs. The other is a 9"max aerobic step....what do you all use?
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I'm using a regular weight bench, basically because it's convenient. My other option is too short.0
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The bench I can choose between are either 18" or 20".0
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Wow. What weight do/did u use?0
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I use a milk crate for some exercises. And for deadlifts from a box i use a step i made out of some wood which is a bit stronger but not as high as the milk crate.0
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I'm using a regular weight bench, basically because it's convenient. My other option is too short.
I take it back. I'm gonna go back to using the second step to the house, even though it's a pain the butt (ha!) to open the outer door with 20# dumbells and ignore the dogs while I do my step-ups.
But the weight bench is too hard to not cheat and my butt feels like it has boulders in it.
Okay maybe I'll try the bench one more time with BW only. :sad:0 -
I always used the weight bench, as a step instructor I found the lower heights too close to my normal work to feel challenged.0
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I'm using a folding chair. Today, I did the first set with 8 lb. dumbbells and I had to lose the weights for the second set. Ouch.0
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My gym has those Plyometric Boxes. I think I'm using the 12" one. May move onto the next height on the next A workout tho.0
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I started out using the weight bench. By the end of stage 1 I was using 25lb. dumbbells.
During stage 4, I used 8 risers on each side of the platform and did 3 sets of 8 reps using 30lb. dumbbells.
A trainer who's into NROL4W told me it's best to increase the height of the step before increasing the weight. Added bonus: the higher the step, the more you're working your butt (glutes).0
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