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Re: Re: [at-l] knees
Just a word of warning, per personal experience. I overdid it on the leg
presses at the gym and 4 years later still have ankle problem from it which
affect my hiking. Please don't overdo, it could jepardize your future
hiking.
Highlander
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> From: SaraSW@aol.com
> To: thornel@ibm.net
> Cc: at-l@saffron.hack.net
> Subject: Re: Re: [at-l] knees
> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 5:13 PM
>
>
> In a message dated 6/16/98 11-18-04, thornel@ibm.net wrote:
>
> >easiest and most available exercise to help you knees (and general
> conditioning
> >for hiking) is to make elevators off limits. Particularly, take every
> >opportunity to walk up stairs
>
> Bill, somewhere I seem to recall that walking up stairs can be hard on
knees.
> Sorta like step exercise. Is this not so? A woman in my building walks
the
> stairs a lot and recently had knee surgery--we all assumed it was from
walking
> up the stairs so much, but maybe not. I'll ask. Do you know more about
this,
> as I've been kinda afraid to walk stairs.
>
> >Other exercises include knee extension work, preferably with some
weight.
> >Sitting on a bench wearing you boots and straightening your legs and
holding
> >them would do well.
>
> Until recently I have been used a cybex machine for both hamstrings and
quads,
> but my knees have been sore after hiking, and I stopped, not knowing if
the
> weights would make things worse. Do you know? I'm asking you these
doctor-like
> questions because I also seem to recall that you're a doctor. Knees
aren't the
> only things geezers have trouble with--memory is a problem too. ;-) Sally
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