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Strengthening Exercises for Knees

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Could anyone please recommend some strengthening exercises for my legs/body that may help me with the slight knee pain I’m having? I just ran Wk 7 run 1 and my knees are starting to feel it a bit. Thank you 🏃‍♀️

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I would recommend the ones linked to from the program guide.

Here is the direct link .

nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/r...

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futurefitGraduate in reply to Instructor57

Great! Thanhs very much!

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Yes, I had to add some knee strengthening in my first year as a runner, but I haven’t had a niggle since then.

Here were some of my workouts (over at Strength and Flex) which really helped:

healthunlocked.com/strength...

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futurefitGraduate in reply to CBDB

Good to know your knees improved and thanks very much for the link.

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Try these too.healthunlocked.com/strength......

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futurefitGraduate in reply to Oldfloss

Thanks!

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