Lately I’ve been having trouble with a lot of stiffness and some pain in both knees. It’s mostly when I’ve been training a lot, specifically legs and cardio. It seems that just resting for a week is the only thing that helps, but the stiffness always comes back. Looking for some exercises that I can focus on to give my knees a break but still get in a killer leg day. What do you recommend?
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01-13-2018, 05:16 AM #1Registered User
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Leg/glute exercises that are easy on the knees
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01-13-2018, 05:18 AM #2Registered User
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What does your usual training week look like?
How much are you squatting5 day full body crew
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01-13-2018, 06:33 AM #3Registered User
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Compound leg movements are easy on the knees and hips as long as they're performed properly. Folks that gripe about knee pain when squatting/leg-pressing/hack-squatting (etc..) probably don't have strict form. Leg extensions can be hard on the knee joint but that is because they place a sheering force on that joint.
Also, I would imagine that you're over-training and/or not warming up/cooling down properly if your knees are sore from cardio workouts."The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you’re a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds." -Henry Rollins
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01-13-2018, 07:04 AM #4Bootless Errand
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Any leg exercise is going to involve the knees, and usually the hips as well. If you have constant knee pain, you are either performing the exercise(s) incorrectly and/or too frequently, or else you have some undiagnosed medical condition.Originally Posted by lucyml0430
Review your exercise form as well as your current training program; if no clues are apparent, you may want to see an Orthopedist.No brain, no gain.
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01-13-2018, 07:43 PM #5Registered User
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Which part of your knees are playing up?
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01-13-2018, 08:21 PM #6Could the cardio be the problem?Originally Posted by lucyml0430
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