The Best Knee Strengthening Exercises
Doing a few simple knee strengthening exercises can go a long way to making your knees stronger therefore enabling you to get fitter, quicker.
This first exercise is really good for those who suffer from conditions such as chondromalacia patella. This is an inflammation of the cartlidge beneath the patella ‘knee cap’. This sometimes results because the bones and muscles on the knee are out of alignment.
Sit comfortably in a chair, you need to be relaxed. Bend your legs as you would normally sit on a chair with your feet on the ground and your legs bent at 90 degrees, tense your thigh and hold this position for 5 seconds the release, change legs are repeat. You need to do ten reps on each leg. I told you it was easy!
Please make sure your breath normally while doing these exercises.
The second exercise is a tiny more tricky but it does help build up the strength in your knee.
Sit up straight and breathe normally, then cross your legs at the ankle. Push forward with the rear leg and back with the front leg. (A tiny tricky at first, but think about it!)
Switch legs by reversing the direction of the cross. If the right leg was in front, move it to the rear. Repeat the exercise 10 times for each position.
Stretching Those Calves
Would you like to move onto to something a tiny more challenging?
If your balance isn’t all that great it may be a good idea to do the following exercise whilst standing on a may, carpet or at least a wooden floor. Try to avoid do the exercises on a metal or concrete floor.
Stand upright, heels together, toes a tiny apart. Make sure to keep your balance.
Lift you heels so that your a standing on the balls of your feet. Be sure to keep your balance! Hold this position for around 5 seconds. It might help to imagine an invisible piece of string attached to the top of your head pulling you up. Repeat this lifting ten times. As you get stronger and build up the strength in your legs you will be able to increase the length of time you can hold the stance.
To change this exercise a little try bending your knees a tiny once you’ve raised your heels and are standing on the balls of your feet. This will also work your bottom as well as your hamstrings and quads. Again hold for 5 seconds then straighten your legs and lower your heels. Repeat for 10 reps.
Doing these knee strengthening exercises daily or at least a couple of times a week will really improve the strength of your knee. And if you are interested in fitness you will know how important it is to have healthy, strong knees.
For more details of the ideal leg exercises to help build strong, sexy legs and other fitness tips to get into shape swiftly take a look at my blog.
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