Step Height?

[Fitness-Mom]

Hi Everyone..Happy Holidays!!!

At what step height do you do you step workouts on? Lately I have been adjusting my step to 8 inches, but been noticing a lot of problems with my knees hurting the next day.
Does anyone else have problems with their knees?
Any suggestions would be great!
Thanks

Jennifer
Exton, PA

 

[ldy_solana]

right now i only step at 6inches until i get more risers. even then i will only attempt 8in step once a week with a short workout to build up on it. have you tried lowering the step height? also depends on much stepping you are doing could be bothering your knee.


kassia



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disappointed to discover they are not it -- Bernard Bailey

 

[hippahips]

For the most part, I do them on just the topper, no risers, which is 4 inches. I can bump up the height to 6 inches on a good day and only with those workouts that don't have complex choreography. I have knee problems, and whether or not I use risers, I usually modify. I take out a lot of the impact and those pivots and turns.

Pinky

 

[ivorygorgon]

I do some on 6" some on 8" I am 5'4 and the 8" does tend to make my knees a little sore.

 

[Fit_mommy]

I am 5'3"...I used just the platform (4") for almost a year before moving on to a 6" step height. I have been using 6" exclusively now (but I won't do IMAXES on 6") for only a week or two...prior to that I would use a 6"step only on rare occasions for a "challenge". I felt very unsteady with the added height so it took some time to get used to it...I don't think I will ever attempt stepping on 8" but if I do it won't be for quite some time!

 

[buffettgirl]

I use 8 inches, but I think I'm taller than most, about 5'6" or 7". I drop down to 6 inches on IMAX 3, if my asthma is bothering me, or I'm doing a new workout.

 

[aproudfit]

I used to ONLY step on 8" - I am 5'11" - so I felt I needed the extra two inches. But recently my knees have been bothering me more and more, so I only do Low Max on 8" - everything else on 6". Although the last time I did LM on 8" my knees were really sore the next day - so I might even keep that one on 6". I still get a great workout - and my knees are much happier.

 

[wlorrie]

I'm 5'2" and always use an 8 inch step. If I stretch or go for a walk before working out, my knees don't hut.
Lorrie