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Bytsi · 04-13-2008, 02:25 PM

Hi Pauline - I'm 5'2" and use a weight-bench for step-ups. I haven't measured the height of my knee, but when I look in the mirror, on the bench I use for step-ups I have pretty close to right angles at my hip and knee when I put one foot on the bench... At my gym, there is one bench that's about 2" shorter that works best for me - the other ones put me slightly above right-angle-height, but I make do if I must...

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Bytsi Senior Hamster Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,960 My Profile	Hi Pauline - I'm 5'2" and use a weight-bench for step-ups. I haven't measured the height of my knee, but when I look in the mirror, on the bench I use for step-ups I have pretty close to right angles at my hip and knee when I put one foot on the bench... At my gym, there is one bench that's about 2" shorter that works best for me - the other ones put me slightly above right-angle-height, but I make do if I must... __________________ Bytsi Hamster training log A lot of NEAT one day is NOT "useless" if the next day the scale doesn't move. -- Aoife "Hunger is your hips screaming at you that they are disappearing!" -- Oprah Be careful about reading health books - you may die of a misprint -- Mark Twain