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Getting what I want by joining the gym?

  • 18-08-2006 11:06am
    #1
    kizzyr
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    I'm joining up with a gym this weekend for a few different reasons. The first is for health. I need to increase my general fitness level, I also think that as I get older (turned 29 this July) that my muscles need to be exercised and that now is the time I need to being. I would also like to tighten up my body in general. I do however have a slight problem on this front. I have a weird knee problem and can't sustain any impact exercises on them. Walking on a treadmill is fine but running is out of the question. I saw a physiotherapist a while ago who recommended trampolining to stengthen the muscles on the outside of my thighs which help to support the knee cap but warned against developing the inner muscles as they may drag the cap out of place as they already have a tendancy to move inwards. As a result half of my legs look great but the inner leg ain't so hot. I would also like to develop the muscles in my arms too, my stomach (front and sides) and around the ass area. I don't want to over develop the muscles just develop them.
    I'm female, 29 years old, 5' 8", weigh 147lbs (this isn't an issue for me really, dropping 2 or 3 lbs would be ok but isn't the aim of this).
    Diet consists of:
    Fruit for breakfast, generallly pineapple (no juice) and a banana. May have an orange between that and lunch.
    Lunch is usually two slices of McCambridges brown bread, diet yoghurt, banana.
    Between lunch and dinner I would have an apple or orange and some air popped popcorn.
    Dinner: spag bol, chillie, chicken curry, fajhitas, steak once per week. ** I make all of these from scratch myself and don't add any sauces from jars etc.
    I would drink a minimum of 2 litres of water per day and can sometimes go up to 4. I drink very little alcohol. My junk food vice is either Chipsticks or the Walkers Thai Red Chilli crips. In my lunchtime I walk 3ks 4 days per week and would also do 45 mins of trampolining 3 evenings per week.
    So any advice and suggestions will be appreciated. :)


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  • #2
    Transform
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,394 ✭✭✭Transform


    If you have a knee problem go to a physical therapist - they are more hands on and you should not have to give up on running.

    Where is your weights program?


  • #3
    kizzyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭kizzyr


    Transform wrote:
    If you have a knee problem go to a physical therapist - they are more hands on and you should not have to give up on running.

    Where is your weights program?
    I've been to a physical thearpist about my knees and the woman I saw gave me a lot of exercises for my legs and some specific for my knees but did warn against a high impact exercise on my knees. I've had two operations on them too and am seeing an acupuncturist on a regular basis. Its only in the last year or so that I've managed to get the pain level on that front sorted out so I'm not too keen on starting a running exercise on them. Believe it or not trampolining n a regular basis does work BUT only on the outer muscles hence I'm looking for something for my legs overall. I have no weights programme as of yet, I was hoping for suggestions from you people here?:)


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