I feel for you. I used to love to run the distance. But I am now 50 and my knees really started going bad about 15 years ago. I still play around with the boys but I move like an old man. When on a treadmill I usually just set to the steepest grade and do it as a brisk walk. Also the stair mills that are at some gyms work great for a good workout. Finally I started lifting weights almost daily in order to keep from getting flabby. I went from 140 to 160 and feel great. There are lots of other options to help keep you looking like a "10"
Another thing that I have gotten for leg workouts is a balance board and one of those 1/2 balance ball or burpee balls. Just standing on one of those and doing some body weight squats can give a good workout for legs and core and not hammer your knees like running does.
Hope this helps.
I'd love to do burpees again, but theyre high impact, right?
coming from a person who can't even pedal a bike anymore due to his legs. ( can get all the way around to just about 11 position but i can't get the leg to push forward to complete the loop. ( thankfully I gave a e bike with a throttle to get around on. I bet it looks weird as once I get going I have to reach over and pick the leg up to get it on the pedal
But what about placing some weights on your legs as you walk to strengthen them. Or get on some supplement to help with joint pain. I actually have recently been seeing a Chiropractor for the leg and back pain ( from Cerebral Palsy) and since then I seen a reduction in the back pain, and the number of falls I have taken. now if I can just get the drop foot( toe dragging) part fixed I might be alright for another 10 years..
Sorry to hear about your back pain. I got that too (along with cellphone elbow). The doctor gave me a cortisone shot for my knee and advised me to get one every year, but I don't think I'll be doing more of it. My knee pain is mostly gone since I stopped doing high impact workouts, and now only flares up rarely.
These help me. These and a good walk sometimes.
I stopped working out with weights years ago because my chest just expands to the point where I need to buy a whole new wardrobe lol. Even pushups does it.
ok silly but after i got hit by a car back in 11 and learned to fly ...well it was only 120 ft still it was flying. well my left hip was dislocated and my spine sports tiny spines and bone burrs along with some nerve damage due to small cracks that never healed right i was not able to walk long distances and jog...gained some flesh i did not want asked a doctor about low impact stuff...well swimming or walking in the pool helped...low impact does not cause me pain and it works....oth when i lay down and float freaks life guards out....its like being in one of those sensory depreviation tanks....i fell asleep few times like that
Wow, thank goodness you survived and recovered.
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