Knee Ability Series 2 of 10

Walking backward is the first knee-over-toes exercise.

Running downhill is an extreme activity for someone with knee pain.

But without working through pain, slowly and steadily improving ability BACKWARD has consistently helped people overcome pain in forward activities.

So walking backward is the first knee-over-toes exercise I teach, but it’s not an end-all/be-all.

Some goals require greater strength.

Louie Simmons came up with the idea of dragging a sled as resistance exercise after observing Finnish powerlifters who credited their amazing squats to their day jobs dragging trees in the forest!

But space for sled dragging isn’t always realistic, so we made a backward treadmill for home use.

It’s become my favorite exercise tool because it’s like having a personal hill!

With just a few minutes of going backward and forward, I get an amazing cardio workout while powering up my legs and getting therapeutic benefits at the same time!

Reverse step-ups as a PAIN-FREE exercise progression have also produced amazing knee breakthroughs!

We use height, slope angle, and assistance to modify difficulty levels from grandparents to Olympians!

And long-term, the better you are at deeper progressions, the less need there is for easier ones.

Reminder: EVERY Knee Ability exercise scales to remarkably low and high levels:

Conclusion:

No one exercise is “mandatory,” but the subject of BACKWARD has helped a lot of people to less knee pain and more knee ABILITY at the same time!

Yours in Solutions,

Ben

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