Cathe or educated crowd. I am unable to do leg presses on a 14 inch step as it aggravates my right hip. However if I do them on an 8 inch step it doesn't bother my hip at all. My question is does doing leg presses on an 8 inch step do anything or am I better off not doing them at all.
Leg Press
- Thread starter mariatina
- Start date
kathryn
Cathlete
Why only 14 or 8? Can you do them on 10"? Doing them at all is beneficial, but doing them at a bit higher (10" or 12"....14" isn't necessary, IMO, and I vary between using 14", 12" or 10") is more effective than at 8". Also, make sure you squat down a bit on the bottom part of the move, which can help you make the shorter box step-ups a bit more intense (especially if you think of almost lifting your toe when pressing up to get the push through the heel.
I would use whatever you can use without agrivation and yes it will still be beneficial.
I went through a period during my Firm days where I couldn't use the 14inch step. My knees would hurt so I did the workouts on the smaller 6 inch one instead. Since there was such a big difference I was able to really focus on tightening my gluts and abs more and because of that - the workout was just as intense.
Somewhere along the line my knee stopped bothering me and now I use the high step at either 14 or 16 inches with no problems.
I went through a period during my Firm days where I couldn't use the 14inch step. My knees would hurt so I did the workouts on the smaller 6 inch one instead. Since there was such a big difference I was able to really focus on tightening my gluts and abs more and because of that - the workout was just as intense.
Somewhere along the line my knee stopped bothering me and now I use the high step at either 14 or 16 inches with no problems.
farrahalex
Cathlete
In Muscle Mas Cathe uses an 8" for the leg press so you are getting something out of using it at 8".
Farrah
Farrah