Comments on Cranky Fitness: A Superior Posterior

Jen, you must please, please, please post a video ...

2008-04-15T11:50:00.000-04:00

Jen, you must please, please, please post a video of you doing this!

The doofiness comes with the territory. What's wor...

2008-04-15T10:12:00.000-04:00

The doofiness comes with the territory. What's worse is it actually helps to pat the muscles you want to engage while you do the exercise (so that other, stronger muscles don't take over and cheat for you). So essentially, you're spanking yourself, which provokes an odd look or two....

Jen, great advice! I actually tried that stretchy...

2008-04-05T13:41:00.000-04:00

Jen, great advice! I actually tried that stretchy band sideways walking thing while visiting a gym on the road. I looked like a doof, but I reassured myself that (a) I was never gonna see any of those gym-goers again and (b) I was helping my aging knees by doing it.

And Merry, I'm the one who messed up the links! Thanks for fixing everything. (And yeah, I'm REALLY glad there's no two way video on the blog)

Terrie -- check the links mentioned at the bottom ...

2008-04-02T22:32:00.000-04:00

Terrie -- check the links mentioned at the bottom of the page. The ones that I just fixed.
(Poor Crabby's never going to let me run the blog while she's out of town again!)

Thanks for pointing out the connection between wea...

2008-04-02T20:25:00.000-04:00

Thanks for pointing out the connection between weak glutes and sore knees! Most of the advice I see given to runners with knee problems suggests that they strengthen their quads. My quads were always fine and have always been strong. My problem was that I wasn't engaging my glutes. So I spent a lot of time doing one-legged squats and working on my running technique. One day I suddenly started to run a lot faster. Hey - I was engaging a whole new muscle group! I always used to wonder how people developed muscles in their glutes. I might not exactly have buns of steel these days, but there's certainly something there, and the knees have been fine!

Thank you a bunch Jen;My poor wife has been suffer...

2008-04-02T19:05:00.000-04:00

Thank you a bunch Jen;

My poor wife has been suffering from what sounds like a very similar painful knee problem. We will take your information to our primary care physician and hopefully he will refer us to the proper doc to investigate. On behalf of my aching wife...Thank you for the option!!!

Jen, thank you for this post! Very timely for me a...

2008-04-02T18:13:00.000-04:00

Jen, thank you for this post! Very timely for me as my knees have been really bothering me lately, now I know what I have to do. I bookmarked all the links, so I can refer back to them.

Terrific post. Excellent information. I will be re...

2008-04-02T17:22:00.000-04:00

Terrific post. Excellent information. I will be rechecking those links for a some time to come.

Terrie

Thanks a bunch for all the nice comments here -- t...

2008-04-02T16:24:00.000-04:00

Thanks a bunch for all the nice comments here -- think I'll celebrate. Bottoms up! (OK, now we've hit rock bottom.)

Missicat,
You're right, sidestepping is way harder than it looks. But so worth it, especially considering the price of one of those mini-bands is $2.75 (check out www.performbetter.com/detail.aspx_Q_ID_E_3893_A_CategoryID_E_327, if you're interested).

MizFit,
The cowboy hat is a must.

Red,
C'mon, give rugby a try....

Thanks for the post! I am always looking for new ...

2008-04-02T15:38:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the post! I am always looking for new bottom strengthening exercises, it seems squats can only take you so far without a gym pass.

Wow - I never thought that a strong tush would hel...

2008-04-02T15:19:00.000-04:00

Wow - I never thought that a strong tush would help keep knees healthy. What an amazing machine a body is!

I have seen the UCLA women's rugby team play, and ...

2008-04-02T13:20:00.000-04:00

I have seen the UCLA women's rugby team play, and I can say without a doubt I am not man enough to play women's rugby.

Hats off to you.

Tres interesting. I just recently discovered that ...

2008-04-02T11:07:00.000-04:00

Tres interesting. I just recently discovered that I'm not firing my glutes (technical terms folks) and that's part of my hip problems and maybe my lower back pain too. Thanks for the extra exercise ideas!

groan... I think we've hit bottom here...

2008-04-02T11:03:00.000-04:00

groan... I think we've hit bottom here...

tee hee...end

2008-04-02T11:01:00.001-04:00

tee hee...end

Very nice info...I've worried about getting knee p...

2008-04-02T11:01:00.000-04:00

Very nice info...I've worried about getting knee problems and have been told that looking after your butt and hips helps keep everything in alignment all the way down...I know squats and lunges help, but having other things to try too is great - and I love being able to see them done - thanks!
I'm sure I'll be hobbling about for days unable to go up stairs until I get used to them...but it's all good in the end.

Great columns - lots of good info.My trainer has m...

2008-04-02T10:42:00.000-04:00

Great columns - lots of good info.
My trainer has made me do the band walk...harder then it looks! :-) But good to know it's so good for me.
Now where is that darn cowboy hat??

Missicat

THANKS Jen! (Im so good worth the written word. Id...

2008-04-02T08:40:00.000-04:00

THANKS Jen! (Im so good worth the written word. Id never mimic Merry).

way information packed and the MizFit read and reread (no knee problems here. hope to keep it that way. DEFINITELY utilizing the cowboy hat optional.)

M.

Thank you, Jen! That's a lot of information packed...

2008-04-02T07:42:00.000-04:00

Thank you, Jen! That's a lot of information packed into one post. Very useful to anyone who has knee problems and to anyone who doesn't want to have them!