05-06-08, 09:04 AM | |
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Libby, the key I've found in doing them correctly is to push your glutes WAY back. Also, make sure your knees are perfectly lined up with your toes, even if your hips are in turn-out. It's actually most comfortable for me to do them with my hips about shoulder width apart, and slightly turned out. But at the same time, my kneecaps are lined up with my toes, if that makes sense. That way there is no torque on the knee ligaments as you descend. I can do a very deep squat in this position.
Like berry99, I have trouble with lunges too, but I think it's more to do with my flexibility than with my knee joints themselves. Carol
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05-06-08, 09:08 AM | |
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If you can't do squats, you may be able to strengthen your quads with the leg press machine at a gym. Keeping your hips back behind your knees is much easier on them, and it's easier to do that on the leg press machine. Wall squats or squatting against the wall with a stability ball behind you is another option.
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