Topic: Knee Conditioning

[David M.]

What excercises can I do other than squats and pistols to condition my knees?

[David Glass]

You mean condition your legs, i.e: quads, hamstrings, glutes

Squats, lunges, sprints, jumps, QM, plyometrics... plenty out there to keep you busy

[Shae Perkins]

Tell us why you want to condition your knees and we'll go from there:)

[Matthew Wang]

Well, you don't really condition the knees. You condition the legs, which with good techinque and form, protect the knees.

[BearMills]

Shark do you have knee problems such as Osgood schlatters Disease or Runner's knee? I had Osgood when i was younger there was nothing I could do to prevent it... and currently i have Runner's Knee it's better than it was last year but it still affects my running.. You can strengthen the muscles around your knees which is what helps with some knee problems. You can sit on a counter top and add weights to your foot and lift your leg up from a 90 degree angle to a 180 degree this builds muscles around the Knees to make your knees stronger. Hope this helped.

[FastGuppy]

Well, you don't really condition the knees. You condition the legs, which with good techinque and form, protect the knees.

Yep +1

Make sure you focus on your hammies because thats one of the muscles that's usually weaker. Do full squats because it uses your hamstrings at the bottom and balances the opposing forces produce by the quadriceps. 

[Shae Perkins]

You can sit on a counter top and add weights to your foot and lift your leg up from a 90 degree angle to a 180 degree this builds muscles around the Knees to make your knees stronger. 

You mean a leg extension? That's kind isolationy... Perhaps not the best way to go in my opinion. I would suggest squatting as a non-isolate exercise. Muscle imbalances (especially with quad and hip abductors vs. hammies and glutes) can cause some serious problems. shimber me timbers...

There has been plenty of leg exercises provided here by the other nice people of APK:) Thanks guys:)

ONe thing I would want to point out is safe progression. Do not take excessive high impact especially when you aren't feeling your strongest. I can't really give you any definate numbers, but with common sense you should be fine:)

[BearMills]

You can sit on a counter top and add weights to your foot and lift your leg up from a 90 degree angle to a 180 degree this builds muscles around the Knees to make your knees stronger. 

You mean a leg extension? That's kind isolationy... Perhaps not the best way to go in my opinion. I would suggest squatting as a non-isolate exercise. Muscle imbalances (especially with quad and hip abductors vs. hammies and glutes) can cause some serious problems. shimber me timbers...

There has been plenty of leg exercises provided here by the other nice people of APK:) Thanks guys:)

ONe thing I would want to point out is safe progression. Do not take excessive high impact especially when you aren't feeling your strongest. I can't really give you any definate numbers, but with common sense you should be fine:)

I can't do squats without going through bad pain in my knee because of runners knee. The workout that i just suggested helps a lot.

[David M.]

No I dont have any knee disease or anything. My knees do get sore sometimes from running and from doing things such as tuck jump to silent landing.

[Shae Perkins]

You can sit on a counter top and add weights to your foot and lift your leg up from a 90 degree angle to a 180 degree this builds muscles around the Knees to make your knees stronger. 

You mean a leg extension? That's kind isolationy... Perhaps not the best way to go in my opinion. I would suggest squatting as a non-isolate exercise. Muscle imbalances (especially with quad and hip abductors vs. hammies and glutes) can cause some serious problems. shimber me timbers...

There has been plenty of leg exercises provided here by the other nice people of APK:) Thanks guys:)

ONe thing I would want to point out is safe progression. Do not take excessive high impact especially when you aren't feeling your strongest. I can't really give you any definate numbers, but with common sense you should be fine:)

I can't do squats without going through bad pain in my knee because of runners knee. The workout that i just suggested helps a lot.

I was not aware of that:/ That's a bummer, have you done any rehab for it?

[BearMills]

You can sit on a counter top and add weights to your foot and lift your leg up from a 90 degree angle to a 180 degree this builds muscles around the Knees to make your knees stronger. 

You mean a leg extension? That's kind isolationy... Perhaps not the best way to go in my opinion. I would suggest squatting as a non-isolate exercise. Muscle imbalances (especially with quad and hip abductors vs. hammies and glutes) can cause some serious problems. shimber me timbers...

There has been plenty of leg exercises provided here by the other nice people of APK:) Thanks guys:)

ONe thing I would want to point out is safe progression. Do not take excessive high impact especially when you aren't feeling your strongest. I can't really give you any definate numbers, but with common sense you should be fine:)

I can't do squats without going through bad pain in my knee because of runners knee. The workout that i just suggested helps a lot.

I was not aware of that:/ That's a bummer, have you done any rehab for it?

Yeah Years of Rehab. I have to use tons of advil so my knee can just jog.. it's a lot better than it once was. I used to be a long-jumper and could reach about 19' now I can't get near that because of the problems with my knee.. but I just go through with it nothing can stop me from doing the sport I love.

[Chris Salvato]

You can sit on a counter top and add weights to your foot and lift your leg up from a 90 degree angle to a 180 degree this builds muscles around the Knees to make your knees stronger. 

You mean a leg extension? That's kind isolationy... Perhaps not the best way to go in my opinion. I would suggest squatting as a non-isolate exercise. Muscle imbalances (especially with quad and hip abductors vs. hammies and glutes) can cause some serious problems. shimber me timbers...

There has been plenty of leg exercises provided here by the other nice people of APK:) Thanks guys:)

ONe thing I would want to point out is safe progression. Do not take excessive high impact especially when you aren't feeling your strongest. I can't really give you any definate numbers, but with common sense you should be fine:)

I can't do squats without going through bad pain in my knee because of runners knee. The workout that i just suggested helps a lot.

I was not aware of that:/ That's a bummer, have you done any rehab for it?

Yeah Years of Rehab. I have to use tons of advil so my knee can just jog.. it's a lot better than it once was. I used to be a long-jumper and could reach about 19' now I can't get near that because of the problems with my knee.. but I just go through with it nothing can stop me from doing the sport I love.

Stop using your knee and form a proper rehabilitation program - preferably with the help of a PT.

If you work through pain you are just making it worse...much much worse.

[BearMills]

You must not know how many doctors and Physical Trainers have helped me deal with this. I trust them and it's getting better.

[Chris Salvato]

You must not know how many doctors and Physical Trainers have helped me deal with this. I trust them and it's getting better.

I don't feel my response warranted a smite, but so be it.

but I just go through with it nothing can stop me from doing the sport I love.

This led me to believe that your PT is saying it is OK for you to jump around through the pain or you are ignoring his advice to rest...

[BearMills]

but I just go through with it nothing can stop me from doing the sport I love.

This led me to believe that your PT is saying it is OK for you to jump around through the pain or you are ignoring his advice to rest...

I said I have undergone years of rehabilitation so how could I have ignored my doctors and trainers. I did not mean for this to become a big deal this topic is dedicated towards us helping out shark. As for shark have you spoken to your local doctor or sports trainer about your knee problems?

as for my smite? i don't feel that was needed either but my smite was not in retaliation to your comment.

[Shae Perkins]

Cool your jets guys. Hugs all around:)

[David M.]

Cool your jets guys. Hugs all around:)

Hahaha. I could just see your penguin going around giving everybody a hug. Lol.

[David Glass]

Yeah, I got smited too... LOL... don't see how anyone could be offended by what I said

[BearMills]

Yeah, I got smited too... LOL... don't see how anyone could be offended by what I said

I get that a lot. that's how I got 60 so fast 1 person is going around smiting me  every 60 minutes getting annoying.

[Dan Elric]

I too am interested in knee strengthening exercises.  Even with near flawless landing form there is going to be strain on the knees.