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Originally Posted by Ruthie
I am using a high step with 5 risers under it. Do you mean, not actually putting my resting leg on the floor at all? I only just touch down with the toe.
Is this the way it should be done, with toe just touching the floor. I bring my resting leg completely down on the floor, pause and then lift again. I find it easier to concentrate on using my working leg this way.
I also tried again tonight using a higher step, the second step on a stairway, which puts my thigh at about parallel to the floor and there is no way I can get my working left to lift me up on this height w/o at least pushing a little bit with my toes of my resting leg. I really don't see how I will ever be able to do it.....
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Sorry I'm misleading you here
- I don't "just" touch down with my toe at all - when I actually thought about how I did it I realised I just touch with my toe on top of the step but I actually step into half a squat with the back leg (although I don't put that foot flat) and then push up off that toe. I was thinking about this morning and thinking that I need to check in the book exactly what I should be doing.
I still think 20in is a bit high unless you are really tall - I measured my knee height and it's about 16in and I'm 5ft 5.
I'm trying to find a clip of how I learned to do it - if you look on collage video here
Collage Search Results at "Gym style legs" and watch the clip there is a short section of them doing step ups with a resistance band. That is pretty much how I do although having a band alters it a bit. I would appreciate any comments or suggestions, now I'm getting paranoid about this exercise and I was quite happy before
