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hnalette · 03-12-2009, 02:31 PM

hi, i am a 32 year old woman who never did any sort of weight training in her entire life...up until december 2008. i've never been an athletic person or someone who was disciplined enough to exercise 3-5 times a week. through the years, i've gone through bouts where i would do treadmill walking or walking in the park...but these were not lifestyle changes, just short-term programs to lose weight. my body has always been like mush...i couldn't even do half of a push-up. in 2007 i started running on my treadmill. i started out only being able to run for like 5 minutes and eventually built up to 20 minutes at 3.7 - 4.0 mph. again, i don't run on a regular basis my point is that my body has been conditioned over the 1.5 years of periodic running to go that long. i never really felt any heavy knee pain but every now and then i felt sticking in my knees. well, in december 2008 i started a bodypump class that works all the major muscle groups. we start off with a warm-up, go to squats, chest, back, triceps, biceps, lunges, shoulders, abdominals, cool-down. when i do squats, i use a bar with 30 pounds of weights and when i do lunges, i use a bar with 15 pounds of weights for static and no weight when we step back. my knees have been hurting and i don't know if i've injured myself or if my body is just getting used to this new program and all these new movements. btw- i can now do about 15 pushups on my knees and i feel muscles when i touch my arms (without flexing)...YAY.

please advise...if i've injured myself, how do i heal. if i haven't injured myself, how do i help with the discomfort and even prevent myself from truly injuring myself.

03-12-2009, 02:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
hnalette Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 9	Possible Knee Injury?? hi, i am a 32 year old woman who never did any sort of weight training in her entire life...up until december 2008. i've never been an athletic person or someone who was disciplined enough to exercise 3-5 times a week. through the years, i've gone through bouts where i would do treadmill walking or walking in the park...but these were not lifestyle changes, just short-term programs to lose weight. my body has always been like mush...i couldn't even do half of a push-up. in 2007 i started running on my treadmill. i started out only being able to run for like 5 minutes and eventually built up to 20 minutes at 3.7 - 4.0 mph. again, i don't run on a regular basis my point is that my body has been conditioned over the 1.5 years of periodic running to go that long. i never really felt any heavy knee pain but every now and then i felt sticking in my knees. well, in december 2008 i started a bodypump class that works all the major muscle groups. we start off with a warm-up, go to squats, chest, back, triceps, biceps, lunges, shoulders, abdominals, cool-down. when i do squats, i use a bar with 30 pounds of weights and when i do lunges, i use a bar with 15 pounds of weights for static and no weight when we step back. my knees have been hurting and i don't know if i've injured myself or if my body is just getting used to this new program and all these new movements. btw- i can now do about 15 pushups on my knees and i feel muscles when i touch my arms (without flexing)...YAY. please advise...if i've injured myself, how do i heal. if i haven't injured myself, how do i help with the discomfort and even prevent myself from truly injuring myself.