things about exercise

[forgotten_aria]

I need exercise. My knees, however hate me.

I might try to buy a cheap treadmill of craigslist. I emailed someone selling on for $20, but not reply yet.

I did 6 songs of DDR today, which is better than nothing. I'm at least got my motablism up. too bad my knees say no more. It would be great if I could either loose enough weight or strengthen my knee protecting muscles enough to play full sets again. I'm really sad I let DDR leave my life.

I'm going to try to eat better this month with out going all calorie psycho. I might have to go all counting.

Comments

[bdeakin.livejournal.com]

Biking, IMO.

[forgotten-aria.livejournal.com]

My knees hate biking more than ANYTHING else, even going up stairs.

[forgotten-aria.livejournal.com]

Ok, that's not quite true. They hate squats more.

[bdeakin.livejournal.com]

That could be a sign of not having the right bike. I'd go to a reputable bike store and say, "Hey, I want to bike but it makes my knees hurt." They should be able to pick something out and let you do a little test riding. Until my most recent bikes, most I would tire out after a few miles, but my current bike I don't have the same problem/don't get sore. Bizarrely enough, length of the bike actually made a difference in my case.

[forgotten-aria.livejournal.com]

I think it's more that my knees hate repeative motion. They can do almost anything once or twice or three times, but if I have to bend over and over again, they get cranky. They feel like they "dry out."

[katybeth]

Is it the repetition, even with no weight or resistance on them? If so, yeah, biking sounds bad. But otherwise you may be able to gear down enough to be OK.

[dcltdw]

I think it'd probably be quite worthwhile to swing by Ace Wheelworks in Porter Sq, or if you're feeling adventurous, their flagship store (Belmont Wheelworks in Belmont Center).

In fact, I might say something exactly like "My friends forced me to come here even though I know my knees will hate biking, and they said I should at least talk to you." so they know how to help you. :)

(The other trick is that a good bike is a few hundred bucks, so you may want to establish first what your soft and hard spending limits are.)