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kathryn
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I'd dump the rotation and either do heavy upper body or a stretch. It's more important to listen to your body and avoid chronic problems or injury than to stick word-for-word to a rotation.
Kickboxing might be easier on your knees, if you remove any high impact (but I'm still pushing the upper body idea)
Kickboxing might be easier on your knees, if you remove any high impact (but I'm still pushing the upper body idea)
You know Kathryn (sorry to hijack this thread LOL), I've found the kickboxing workouts to be really tough on my knees. Not so much the conditioning drills, but I think things like the jumping side kicks & the like put some seriously major stress on my knees.
Anyway, back to the original topic, I agree with Kathryn. Dump the rotation, do some yoga or pilates if you feel the need to get some muscle work, but you really should listen to your body.
Anyway, back to the original topic, I agree with Kathryn. Dump the rotation, do some yoga or pilates if you feel the need to get some muscle work, but you really should listen to your body.
kathryn
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Laura,
Some kickboxing can bother my knees, but I have figured out what to avoid (some jump kicks, too-fast kicking drills like in some Tae Bo's, the high-impacty stuff in Kick Max, or if there are fast change of direction moves that put torque on the knee). I also think that it's more stressful on the knees to people who are newer to it (and may be overextending kicks, or don't yet automatically do the pivots that need to be done with the punches and kicks--I'd say it took me 6 months or so of kickboxing workouts to get those pivots to be automatic and to have my body move in sync without too much thought. Before that, the old "hip bone's connected to the...knee bone. Knee bone's connected to the...shin bone" coordination just didn't work!).
I also think that if the knees are already feeling the strain of a previous workout, they can be touchy for kickboxing.
Some kickboxing can bother my knees, but I have figured out what to avoid (some jump kicks, too-fast kicking drills like in some Tae Bo's, the high-impacty stuff in Kick Max, or if there are fast change of direction moves that put torque on the knee). I also think that it's more stressful on the knees to people who are newer to it (and may be overextending kicks, or don't yet automatically do the pivots that need to be done with the punches and kicks--I'd say it took me 6 months or so of kickboxing workouts to get those pivots to be automatic and to have my body move in sync without too much thought. Before that, the old "hip bone's connected to the...knee bone. Knee bone's connected to the...shin bone" coordination just didn't work!).
I also think that if the knees are already feeling the strain of a previous workout, they can be touchy for kickboxing.
kathryn
Cathlete
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>You're both right. My knee is still hurting to even (dare I
>say ) sit down to go the bathroom. So I think I will be doing
>a upper body w/o today. Thanks girls! Have A great day
> Lori BC
It may be too late for this time, but next time you do this workout--if you decide to!-- you might want to ice your knees for 20 minutes afterward. It will prevent some swelling in the area (which can be the source of the discomfort). YOu might also want to consider the surface you are doing this workout on. I do all my workout on puzzle mats now, and they really help absorb some shock (though my floor isn't too bad to begin with: wood, and NOT over concrete).
I'm pretty conservative as far as injury risks, etc. (or I have BECOME pretty conservative), and part of my general rotation guidelines for me are to alternate between intense upper body (weights or cardio) and intense lower body (again, weights or cardio), so I alternate a lower body workout one day with boxing or kickboxing the next day, then an upper body workout, followed the next day by step, etc. So far, so good! (At least that's what my knees and shoulder--two touchy areas for me--are telling me!)
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>You're both right. My knee is still hurting to even (dare I
>say ) sit down to go the bathroom. So I think I will be doing
>a upper body w/o today. Thanks girls! Have A great day
> Lori BC
It may be too late for this time, but next time you do this workout--if you decide to!-- you might want to ice your knees for 20 minutes afterward. It will prevent some swelling in the area (which can be the source of the discomfort). YOu might also want to consider the surface you are doing this workout on. I do all my workout on puzzle mats now, and they really help absorb some shock (though my floor isn't too bad to begin with: wood, and NOT over concrete).
I'm pretty conservative as far as injury risks, etc. (or I have BECOME pretty conservative), and part of my general rotation guidelines for me are to alternate between intense upper body (weights or cardio) and intense lower body (again, weights or cardio), so I alternate a lower body workout one day with boxing or kickboxing the next day, then an upper body workout, followed the next day by step, etc. So far, so good! (At least that's what my knees and shoulder--two touchy areas for me--are telling me!)