Doing it Better: My Knees Hurt Edition

Most folks move more like this:  and less like this: http://youtu.be/XcE0mZhoxwU There is nothing fluid, powerful, integrated, supple and athletic about their movement. In short order that's why your knee's hurt. It's not from the 3 inch knee bends "squats" with 100lbs on your back you did 15 years ago for 4 months in high school weight training class. Years of poor movement, lack of mobility, lack of strength, lack of power are usually the culprits. So how do we fix knee pain or at least train around it if it's not fixable (which is sometimes the fact of the matter, but not typically the case)? Follow some basic rules/ strategies: Initiate … [Read more...]