" I am surprised if your knees give you trouble that you can do a stair climber, they just kill my knees. Spinning or an eliptical are the only things that don't hurt my knees.

Irulan"

I'll join you gals in the weight room in a month the day after my test. I gain muscle easily when I lift but I get real tight.

I stretch before, after, during, I've tried massage, keeping my muscles warm, putting them on ice, gallons of green tea, before, during or after sports drinks that promise this or that for the acid..you name it I'm stiff, sore and about as fluid as a redwood tree. What am I doing wrong?

The eliptical trainer feels like it gives legs a real good workout and it doesn't hurt my knees. Thanks for the suggestion, I'd skipped that before.