We all know that you should ‘never skip leg day’, but if you’ve ever experienced knee pain then this can sound like a good idea. After all, trying to gear yourself up for some heavy squats or deadlifts can be hard enough without worrying about your joints giving way. You don’t need to forgo your training though, as Personal Training duo, Milad and Ryan, founders of Tailored Fit PT, have shared three simple exercises that will help you “run, squat, and jump” with less pain and you don't need any equipment.
It almost sounds counterproductive to train your knees when they’re in pain, however, Harvard Health says that exercise is one of the best things you can do, as it’s important to continue strengthening the ligaments and muscles that surround them. The key, according to Coach Milad and Ryan, is ‘load management’, where you “focus on decreasing the intensity of any movements that are causing knee pain while actively strengthening your knees with therapeutic exercises”.
