I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifting weights at 71

Re:I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifti... by mandeepj on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:58PM (#27952390)

> I walk for an hour, usually over hills, since walking on the flat doesn’t get my HR up enough, and I don’t want to stress my knees by jogging

>usually over hills

Are you sure that's also not stressing your knees?

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Re:I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifti... by wrycoder on Sunday July 25, 2021 @04:03PM (#27952433)

It’s comparable to walking on the flat.

But, you have to be really careful on the downhill parts - that’s what gets the knees. I was surprised to notice that it takes me longer to go down than up - and I think that’s good.

Jogging is different. I tried that a few years ago and my knees started acting up.

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Re:I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifti... by CodeGlitch on Sunday July 25, 2021 @04:31PM (#27952652)

Try hiking sticks, it takes the pressure off the knees for the downhills.

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Re:I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifti... by zemvpferreira on Sunday July 25, 2021 @07:20PM (#27953859)

Have you had a look at kneesovertoesguy? He's a trainer specialised in knee rehab, specifically helping athletes who've had multiple injuries/surgeries recover strength and range of motiong. I've done his programs for a while and learned lots of new things - big surprise as I had been lifting for 15 years before. For the first time in my life I have an easy ass-to-grass squat and massively reduced my knee pain.

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Re:I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifti... by wrycoder on Sunday July 25, 2021 @08:15PM (#27954159)

When I was in my early 70s, I thought I'd work up to jogging again. Started easy, walk, jog, walk, jog, etc. This went on for about six months, until I got to about 50%. I was using a minimalist shoe. My knees started to bother me to the point where I finally had to stop.

The pain and stiffness didn't go away. It got to the point where I was picking up my left leg with my hand to get it into the car like some old geezer! I started searching the web and came up with a supplement containing glucosamine and condroitin, along with a small amount of inflammatories to promote healing. Got gradually better, and in six months the stiffness vanished. I stopped using it, and have been fine since. Sometimes I think about a 5K ;-)

A few years ago, my wife developed pain in her hip and knee joints. I suggested she try the same stuff, and, sure enough, the pains went away. She's still using it.

This is all anecdotal, of course. I've never had an actual injury, just joint issues.

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Re:I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifti... by mandeepj on Sunday July 25, 2021 @11:56PM (#27955473)

> glucosamine and condroitin

Along with MSM - is great. I have taken it few times to get rid of pain induced by - I believe - prolonged sitting and workouts

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Re:I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifti... by amanaplanacanal on Sunday July 25, 2021 @06:06PM (#27953366)

Try getting rid of the padded shoes. They are an abomination. Invented by Nike to make money, but they had no idea what they were doing and that they would ruin everybody’s knees.

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