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05-15-16, 09:35 AM | |
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Margaret Richards makes your quads cry and beg for mercy with her signature quad work.
But I have to say for visible results, Barre3 gave me a nice healthy bump up in that area. Back in my heavy lifting days my quads used to blow up like balloons, but Barre3 combined with Margaret are giving me stronger and toned legs all over with a nice quad shape. |
05-15-16, 12:21 PM | |
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Barlates - Front of Thigh Burner. Here is a clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lPfRSXQnWg
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05-15-16, 04:47 PM | |
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Sue, the old school floor work in the Classics definitely strengthened the support system for my knees -yes. I needed non-impact moves at the beginning because my knees felt & acted ruined. It took about 5 months of working out 5-6 days a week for me to feel relief from the pain and creakiness (I had to wrap my knees initially). That was 18 years ago and it truly changed my life to be pain free and regain a whole new agile athletic lifestyle.
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05-15-16, 09:50 PM | ||
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05-15-16, 10:01 PM | ||
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For my own part, after doing some floorwork lately, I find I have very sore quads today. Memory's vague, but I remember doing some Classical Stretch, but also doing some of the Callanetics moves (on your knees, lifting and rotating the hips?) I usually hate. Not sure what prompted me to do the Callanetics moves, but now I'm thinking I need to let it return to my life, since doing even a little bit of them made me kind of sore, LOL!
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05-15-16, 10:04 PM | |
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Yes, yes, and yes. I have chondromalacia patella, which is (painless, noisy, but still somewhat concerning) degeneration of the cartilage in the knee. My doctors told me the best thing I could do for my knee health was have strong quads. Obviously, you'll want to balance that out with strength and flexibility throughout the *entire* lower body (don't neglect your glutes & hamstrings!!). But I've heard that one of the biggest reasons elderly women end up in nursing homes is weak quads--they can no longer stand up unassisted. So work those quads and love your strong legs!!!
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