| After having a knee replaced your journey through | | | | your bodyweight only for 15-20 times after the leg |
| rehabilitation sets the tone on the final outcome of | | | | press. |
| the surgery. To get the strength back in the | | | | Open your stance up and this will work the adductor |
| operated leg will not be easy but it can be done. | | | | group, those muscles on the inside of your legs. You |
| Getting the original girth or muscle mass back will not | | | | will get a nice burn with these. I do three to five sets |
| be easy but the muscles will respond. You have to | | | | of these exercises and have done so for the last 10 |
| change your mindset of pushing heavy weights | | | | years without any problem. |
| however, and go with lighter loads and keeping the | | | | Of course this will not be advised by your orthopedic |
| thigh under more tension for longer periods of time. | | | | surgeon unless they push iron themselves. When my |
| In training for bodybuilding, I cannot get up on stage | | | | surgeon found out this was my routine he had a fit. I |
| and tell the judges to give me a break because I | | | | have done quite well with it though and attribute my |
| have had a knee replaced. You have to find ways to | | | | success with my knee replacement due to the |
| work around the issue. I no longer will use heavy | | | | weight work and the stationary biking I do. |
| loads to work the thighs. You can though work on | | | | Again this program is for only those of us who are |
| items like pre-fatiguing the muscles prior to pressing | | | | not ready to roll over and play dead yet because we |
| movements. | | | | have undergone a joint replacement. It is rather |
| One way to do this is to complete three or four sets | | | | aggressive but it works. |
| of leg extensions with a weight you can handle for | | | | This program is not for those of you who are just |
| 12-15 reps then hit the leg press with a weight you | | | | thankful you no longer have pain and really are not |
| can push out 10-12 times. This is a type of superset | | | | interested in weight training to begin with. This is for |
| but it does work and it does not put a tremendous | | | | the 35-60 crowd who are still active and not afraid to |
| amount of stress on the knee. | | | | push themselves a little. |
| I also would recommend trying bodysquats using | | | | |