Group: Beginners to Exercise

Beginners to Exercise
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 970, Messages: 18927

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legs question

quantumduck
quantumduck
Posts: 2
Joined: 2004/08/02
United States
2004/08/02, 10:22 PM
Hi I'm totally new to all this stuff and have a question. My knees have always bothered me to some degree, especially if I'm up and about all day, or doing a lot of getting up and down (I used to sell shoes and they would kill me after a day of that). The few times in the past when I have done some weight lifting, anything that involves my legs bending has ended up causing pain in my knees. Is there any excercises I can do to strengthen my legs that would avoid causing my knees to have to lift weight like that? I thought about using an elliptical machine or something like that, but my personalized workout says to avoid cardio since I want my calories for muscle mass. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
quantumduck
quantumduck
Posts: 2
Joined: 2004/08/02
United States
2004/08/03, 03:25 PM
Maybe I'll try the bike in place of the leg excercises. If it hurts, I can always stop :) Thanks for the advice!