leg strength - not squats or lunges

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  • alli_baba
    alli_baba Posts: 232 Member
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    How about Farmer's Walk? Your knees really don't bend much and I have found it a great exercise for strengthening legs (as well as glutes, abs, back).
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
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    Tried leg presses and wall squats today.

    It's definitely something in the downward motion that's catching in the knee joint. The right side is worse than the left. Even with the wall squats the downward movement hurt but I was ok once I was down. I think this might be the right kind of thing for me, as there's minimal pain - just a swift ouch as I go past the pain point, and then it was ok after that.

    Sounds like you need a proper assessment in reality.

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  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,616 Member
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    Thanks, I'll check them out.

    The last time I had my knees checked, the docs said I was fine - just hypermobile, with the attendant issues that go with that condition. I've had crunchy knees my whole life, since I was a little girl, so I have a funny relationship with my knees - on the one hand I can be a bit laissez faire, on the other, I kind of freak out when anything produces real pain.

    You're probably right and it's time to get them looked at again. It's been a few years.

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