11-03-2003, 11:04 PM
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| Guest | Re: Low Impact ways to build leg muscle mass?
In article <bo7g33013oc@enews2.newsguy.com>,
"Mike Beauchamp" <newsgroups@mikebeauchamp.com> wrote:
> Hey all..
> I'm trying to get a bit of an excercise plan set for this winter. I'm not
> training for anything specific, I just want to lose a bit of weight and be
> faster on the bike next summer, and more fit in general.
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> I'd like to build up leg muscle, which I figure would require weight lifting
> excercises. The problem with that is that about 6 years ago, I had a
> dislocated patella (playing hockey) and had a few knee surguries. My knee
> definately feels stable now, but some of the leg excercises just plain scare
> me. It's probably a mental block, but still. Just doing a dry lifting action
> with my leg (raising my foot up while sitting in a chair) makes some
> cracking noises that I really hate, and feel like they are very damaging. So
> I hate doing that movement, and would definately NOT want to do it with
> weight on my leg.
> Mike
> http://mikebeauchamp.com
Aiee! I'm not a doctor or even much of an exerciser, but you of all
people really need to talk to a physiotherapist or similar expert about
the appropriate plan of action. For one thing, maybe they can come up
with something that will stop those noises from happening.
Stamp out patellar tendonitis,
--
Ryan Cousineau, rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club
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