Leg Press Step Height ?

[Stargazer]

If I counted the risers correctly, Cathe uses a higher mini-step and less weight for leg presses in muscle endurance and a lower step but higher wieghts in PLB. Can I conclude from this that if I want to build muscle (increase the bubble in my butt) that a lower step with greater weight is the way to do this? So what happens then if I do PLB with a higher step and start with a little less weight? Any ideas? -joy

 

[Stargazer]

Well it looks like Cathe answered this on the Ask Cathe forum under the topic of quads. She says lower the step to get the hamstrings more involved and raise it to get more action in the quads.-joy

 

[RhiannonW]

My life long mission is to increase the bubble in my butt.
From what I've read, I believe to add muscle mass the weight should be heavy - as heavy as possible yet ensuring proper form, that is.

 

[Stargazer]

Yea, my life long mission too. I actually have gotten a little bit more bubble lately, and I'm thinking it is the step ups. It doesn't take much to be more than nothing LOL So I guess you would go for a lower step with more weight? I'm about 5'6" and when I use 14" (an old firm box) I can do them pretty well, but when I go up to a 17" box I just about die.
-j