For those of you who have the High Step

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Jody

Cathlete
For years I have been thinking about getting the High Step, but always ended up using my regular step with extra risers which has worked out pretty good for the most part. However, I've been looking at purchasing High Step Challenge and High Step Training, and I'm pretty sure I won't be able to use my regular step for some of the moves. With all of the promotions Cathe has going on right now, I'm thinking again about purchasing it.

So, for those of you who have the High Step, do you use it often? Do you feel it is a worthwhile purchase? I may be wrong, but I think the only other video I've seen Cathe use the High Step in was Legs & Glutes (and I was able to improvise with my regular step on that one). I just want to make sure I can use it for more than two dvds! I thought about just getting the platform, but figured for $20 more I may as well get extra risers.

Also, I may be wrong on this also, but I worry a little bit that the High Step may bulk up my legs. I so love Cathe's workouts, but my legs definitely don't need to get any bigger!

If anyone can provide their thoughts, I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks for taking the time to read my post!
 
Hey Jody,

I LOVE my high-step. TOTALLY worth the purchase. I got three high-step workouts with high-step purchase so it was definitely worth it. I use it probably 3-4 times per week with various workouts that incorporate it. Muscle Endurance, Legs and Glutes are two of the other workouts that use it.

Have fun!
Pam
 
Hi Pam,

Thanks for the reply! Those workouts do seem like so much fun. Do you think the High Step made any difference in your legs - I'm assuming positive, or do you just love the workouts themselves?
 
Hi Jody,

I definitely think it has made a diff in my legs and my butt. Depending on how many risers you use, it targets different muscles and I mean - ouch! The good ouch!! In my opinion, it hits muscles you didn't know you had!! Needless to say, I have not regretted purchasing it.

I'd love to know if you end up getting it!

Have fun!
Pam
 
Get It!

The High Step is how I started with Cathe! I'd been working summers at a sleep-away camp, and I needed a workout I could do in a limited space on days when the weather prevented me from doing my usual outdoor hike or bike ride. It came with High Step Circuit & Basic Step/Body Fusion, and I loved it. When I got home that fall I dusted off my old Reebok Step to try BS&BF and was a Cathe junkie from then on. I also have High Step Training & High Step Challenge and although I don't do them that often right now, they are a nice change up. I just love everything Cathe, so even if I'm not using my high step....it's nice to know it's there. Get it!
 
I had your same debate for a long time, and finally broke down and got it. I LOVE it.

the High Step Challenge is my favorite Cathe video, I do it almost weekly. High Step Training is in the same boat, but I feel that one's hard!

Cathe uses the high step in the 4DS series as well, mostly during the shoulder and bi/tri segments.

I personally found, with that purchase, that leg presses were the ideal exercise for my legs!

I say go for it. You can use the risers you already have (as long as you have 4-5), so all you need is the topper.
 
I use my High Step a lot: for leg presses, to sit on (with risers enough to make it 18-20" high or more), to do forward lunges onto, to do Firm workouts, and as part of my pseudo-Transfirmer set up (the regular step at an angle, with two risers on each side of the top--forming a "T"-- where I can put the High Step topper to do moves just like in the Transfirmer workouts).

While a regular step with risers, turned lengthwise, will work for most of these uses, it's just easier to move the High Step around.
 
I love the high step. First of all I do love the 3 high step workouts Cathe has. But also I use it for her other workouts that use it (I think push-pull is one example, if my memory is correct), and in general anyplace there are leg presses, one-legged squats, hamstring raises, sit-n-stands, etc. I also use it to sit on - I don't have a chair in my workout area and a lot of workouts ask you to sit on something at times - e.g. to do front raises - so I just set up the high step and sit on that. I use it quite a bit and have for years, I think it was definitely worth getting. I also use the ball to sit on but sometimes I want something stable, and then the high step is perfect.
 
I, too, used my regular step with extra risers b4 I got my high step. But, I also used my regular step with the high step challenge and high step training workouts. it is totally doable and can even make the workouts more challenging (I'm thinking of the fast feet shuffle around the bench)

so, if money is tight, you can totally do these workouts without it. My DH got me the high step for Christmas and I use it A LOT but for me, anyway, it is an extra that I really enjoy, but not essential.
 
Thanks to all who have posted - I think you guys have convinced me to get it! For those of you who mentioned leg presses and squats, I'm a little worried that they will build up my legs. I'm 5'2" and have pretty muscular legs, so I don't want to make them any bigger.

I'm crazy to think this way?
 
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