Manarelle Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Silly, tiny woot, but I'm still proud. I've had knee problems since I was 18, due to poorly-fitted second-hand bikes and a bad fall while skiing. Last year, I realized that I sounded like an out-of-shape 70-year-old whenever I had to sit or kneel, groaning and bracing my upper body on whatever was handy to try to keep the weight off my knees. While that's acceptable for an out-of-shape 70-year-old, I felt it was pretty ridiculous for me at exactly half that age, and decided to do something about it. I started the beginner's bodyweight workout (which is what brought me to nerd fitness, thank you random google search!) in November of last year. I was really worried about the squats and lunges, trying to get my form right to keep from further mucking up my knees. I've always been a bad judge of the difference between push-through-it pain and you-better-stop pain, so progress was slow, but I was determined to keep at it. After 3 months, I still vary between being able to do 2 and 3 sets before falling over. This morning, half awake, I got up to go to the bathroom and feed the stupid cat (who doesn't understand the concept of sleeping in). Usually I grumble and shuffle my way through this routine and go right back to bed, but this time, I realized that I had sat down, silently, with no bracing on anything, and zero knee pain. There's no way I can go back to bed now, and I'm a-ok with that. Tiny silly woot ftw! 2 Quote Manarelle the Level 60 Amazon Assassin Challenges: 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, Current Link to comment
SpecialSundae Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 That's an awesome woot! I had knee problems from my teens through to my late twenties and strength training has all but fixed them. So much for deep squats being bad for your knees! Quote Link to comment
Manarelle Posted January 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 SpecialSundae, Thank you, that is fantastic to hear. I was nervous about that because "everyone knows" squats and knee problems don't mix. I have had pain a few times, but I think that was from my form being off; fixing it and being careful to balance properly seems to have helped. Quote Manarelle the Level 60 Amazon Assassin Challenges: 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, Current Link to comment
SpecialSundae Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Meh, a lot of things everyone knows are completely wrong.Everyone knows lifting makes women bulky.Everyone knows women should only lift 3lb pink dumbbells.Everyone knows heavy/deep squats are bad for your knees.Yet there's scientific evidence to disprove all of the above. 1 Quote Link to comment
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