Lifting Weights

[KarateKen]

Back to the gym today.  Felt good.  

[DarthPenguin]

9 hours ago, KarateKen said:

Back to the gym today.  Felt good.  

Excellent, glad to hear it

[KarateKen]

8 hours ago, DarthPenguin said:

Excellent, glad to hear it

Thanks!  I feel pretty good today, thought I would be sore but I am going back tonight. 

[DarthPenguin]

On 10/29/2024 at 9:27 PM, KarateKen said:

Thanks!  I feel pretty good today, thought I would be sore but I am going back tonight. 

Thats good  there are tonnes of comments about the benefits of consistency so am sure you know that! Hope it keeps going well

[bushido_man96]

Great news @KarateKen.  I've missed a week of training, and am itching to get back into it.

[KarateKen]

The gym is now closed for the next three weeks as they do some remodeling.  Maybe I will get some of those resistance bands and work out at home. 

[KarateKen]

I'm definitely doing something wrong with my lunges.  I am feeling it in my knees.  I never cared for lunges, actually I hate them, but I never felt risk of injury before.  

[bushido_man96]

Personally, I just wouldn't do that exercise.  I'd stick with a regular squat, low bar preferably, as it emphasizes the drive of the hips and isn't as stressful on the knees as a high bar or front squat.  But that's just my preference and experience.

[KarateKen]

On 12/12/2024 at 11:19 PM, bushido_man96 said:

Personally, I just wouldn't do that exercise.  I'd stick with a regular squat, low bar preferably, as it emphasizes the drive of the hips and isn't as stressful on the knees as a high bar or front squat.  But that's just my preference and experience.

I am following this advice!   

I've never liked lunges but did not have this knee issue until recently, anytime I do it I feel like there is presser on my knee and then it is sore for the rest of the day.  Concerning.  Maybe it is because I am getting older. *shrugs* 

[Nidan Melbourne]

On 12/15/2024 at 11:19 AM, KarateKen said:

I am following this advice!   

I've never liked lunges but did not have this knee issue until recently, anytime I do it I feel like there is presser on my knee and then it is sore for the rest of the day.  Concerning.  Maybe it is because I am getting older. *shrugs* 

How are you performing the Lunge? 

Tbh Lunges in my opinion are actually an important thing to do, because you are loading your joints and forcing the muscles to engage in positions that are less than advantageous in comparison to say a Squat. 

Thats why people feel stronger when doing squats, because their centre of gravity is closer to that of a standing person. 

Whereas lunges are (in a way) an exaggerated step. 

I have a shotty knee myself, but with lunges I teach people instead of doing a "Full" normal rep is to work up to it. 

Also being able to do a lunge, is a factor to preventing falls as your body is stronger in different positions. But you do need to ensure that you are doing it properly.