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My knees have divorced me! But Laura kept me going.... I can now understand why Athletes jump into baths of ice. Bring on WK3 D3 well after the day's rest.

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Are you stretching?

nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/...

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OldPapaBearGraduate in reply toIrishprincess

I have been doing some. But not like these so I will try. Thanks for that. 😉

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are you taking your fish oil?

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OldPapaBearGraduate in reply toRignold

Yep Omega 3 in capsule form every morning..

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Rignold in reply toOldPapaBear

You might want to consider upping the quantity. I take 2000mg 3 times a day now and it has had a marked effect on my joint health. I used to take one a day of regular 300mg but have since discovered tha at those levels it really isnt having much effect.

You do also need to get the high dosage caps - when I first started upping the dose it came out at some ridiculous number of caps - 24 a day or something, which was pretty challenging simply in sheer volume, let alone the 'fishy burp' factor of most brands. Luckily I have since found a brand that has no fishiness about it, just a neutral to slightly citrus taste. And only 1 cap a time.

I do quite a lot of squatting with weights and my elderly knees were really protesting about it but are generally pretty smooth and happy now.

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OldPapaBearGraduate in reply toRignold

Thanks for that. The ones I've got are 1000mg but I will now do a search for the others as these do have a fish after taste.

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Rignold in reply toOldPapaBear

I recommend these:

amazon.co.uk/PURE-PHARMA-Om...

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