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Hey Quaranturnt Crew, One of you reached out the other day and asked about what to do about “weak knees”. Common problem. Everyone who runs has experienced knee pain at some point. Everyone who has dabbled in lunges and squats has felt the wobbles in there. But if you don’t know what is going on with your body, it’s pretty hard to fix this issue. Besides, what muscle is the knee anyway? If you’ve asked that question, you’ve probably rubbed your knee looking for muscles to massage. If you haven’t asked it before, you’re probably touching your knee now. Well, stop touching yourself and look no further. Your knee doesn’t have muscles in it. The muscles enabling the knee are basically all the muscles of the leg, but especially the quads and glute medius. So if you have weak knees, what do you do from here? Ok here’s the deal. “Weak knees” really means you lack strength, stability, and good positioning. You go through your movements and you end up collapsing in on your knee in a way that stretches the tendons and ligaments. You don’t use sufficient strength to control the movement, so your non-muscle soft tissue ends up bearing the load. This is not a good thing. The solution is basically the same as what we talked about yesterday. You need to build strength and control in your legs through slow, stable movements with great positioning. Another great argument for tempo work! The slow tempo is really hard on your muscles, but you keep the weight low so there’s no high load on your soft tissue. This lets you recover safely while building up strength to keep your body feeling good going forward. This is a great argument for one more thing too…. Yoga! It’s all about great control through great positioning. Which brings me to today’s workout. Link Here.  
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