TRX Day

[Veronica]

I think she knows me and my body well enough that she pushes me right to the edge. Like yesterday's curls into the overhead presses, I had to do 30 reps with 20 pounds plus the EZ curl bar. Twenty reps would have been hard. My third set, she had to assist with the last seven. I've been working with her for about 4 years, so I'm sure that plays in to it.

Veronica

[Catrin]

I think she knows me and my body well enough that she pushes me right to the edge. Like yesterday's curls into the overhead presses, I had to do 30 reps with 20 pounds plus the EZ curl bar. Twenty reps would have been hard. My third set, she had to assist with the last seven. I've been working with her for about 4 years, so I'm sure that plays in to it.

Veronica

That makes a lot of sense, it isn't group training which is hard but not as targeted as individual training is. I DO have a short 10-session package with my group trainer so I am sure that there will be some soreness in my future

[ridebikeme]

Catrin, I can certainly apprecaite the cranky knees... I have needed a knee replacement for quite some time. I don't do any squats where my knee is below 90 degrees, and some days I eliminate them all together. But there certainlya re plenty of other options, so here's to hoping that you find something where the knees actually are happy.

[Catrin]

Thankfully it is reversable, I just need to strengthen that quad that attaches to the kneecap. It's been far worse in the past, and when I concentrate on doing what I know that I need to do it goes away for months. Thankfully squatting doesn't typically hurt it unless it is already flaring pretty badly - even when my butt is almost touching the ground The latter is just a drill my trainer has me do on the TRX to help me with my squat range of motion - squat so my butt touches the ground, keep arms extended on the straps in an overhead position and come up into a proper overhead squat position. Hold that a couple of seconds and then, keep the arms extended, come all the way up.

Riding seems to make it the most cranky right now, far more so than gym stuff I think that is only because I've not been riding as often as usual and I do think that makes it worse.

[ridebikeme]

Well, I hope that riding starts to ease the pain and NOT the other way around. I wish that I were able to do the squats that you mentioned, but after being a catcher for many many years you can imagine that there truly isn't anything left. Your squats would absolutely destroy me to the point I would be at the orthopedics HA!

Have you ever tried riding very slowly after a gym workout? During the winter months, I try and hop on the trainer and simply pedal very slowly for a few minutes with very little effort. After a short time, I start to feel better although my legs always feel 'heavy' on the bike while I'm either lifting or working with suspension straps.

[Catrin]

Well, I hope that riding starts to ease the pain and NOT the other way around. I wish that I were able to do the squats that you mentioned, but after being a catcher for many many years you can imagine that there truly isn't anything left. Your squats would absolutely destroy me to the point I would be at the orthopedics HA!

Have you ever tried riding very slowly after a gym workout? During the winter months, I try and hop on the trainer and simply pedal very slowly for a few minutes with very little effort. After a short time, I start to feel better although my legs always feel 'heavy' on the bike while I'm either lifting or working with suspension straps.

This is the first time that riding has troubled my knee when other things really doesn't seem to bother it. I will try your suggestion and hop on the spinning bike for a very slow spin after my group or individual training sessions. I need to do something different, that is for sure. My rides are getting shorter and shorter and I hate that Interestingly enough, the OTHER knee is the one that looks much worse but it never gives me any trouble at all.

My trainer, so far, has only had me do those squats in particular once and that was just last week. I think he was assessing my mobility/flexibility as we start my 10-session package. After working with me for 3 months in the group training, he has very specific ideas about what I need and thankfully our goals for me coincide.

[Veronica]

Today was leg and plyometric day - lots of jumping! I like jumping!

My favorite set though was a balance set. Stand on the Bosu, round side down holding a 25 pound plate to your chest. Do a deep squat - butt to heels.

My least favorite set came right after that. Hold that same 25 pound plate over your head and do step ups with a kick onto a bench.

Veronica

[Catrin]

Have you ever tried riding very slowly after a gym workout? During the winter months, I try and hop on the trainer and simply pedal very slowly for a few minutes with very little effort. After a short time, I start to feel better although my legs always feel 'heavy' on the bike while I'm either lifting or working with suspension straps.

I tried this after my training session this morning - and I had also done my own work on the plate leg press machine after my session with Tony. I don't need help with my lower body, not near as much as my upper, so he is focusing on my upper body, t-spine and shoulders.

Speaking of the TRX he had me do some things on it this morning that basically mimics a hack squat. At the very end he had me do sets of 5 goblet KB squats (a count of 5 during each squat), and 5 racked TRX rows (same count of 5). I lost track of the number of times we did that but I was feeling it toward the end. After that I did 4 sets of leg presses (warming up with 200 pounds, ending at 320) and then did about 5 minutes of very gentle spinning on a spinning bike.

My knee was very well behaved

[ridebikeme]

What's a Kb goblet squat? Sounds interesting for sure....

I do hope that your knees quiet down it certainly can make life a bit more difficult. As you know, it's quite often not the issue with strength, but the stability of the joint itself. Women tend to have other issues with wider hips etc... Unlike you, I can not even think of doing squats with weights...too much damage already. At any rate, I do hope that the spin on the bike after your workout calms things down a bit... I can't explain why this helps me because it doesn't make sense, but it does and that's all that counts.