People start falling apart when over 60 and definitely over 70. In 1975 I was training for a contest and was teaching PE at a high school. My knees got sore so what to do re training them?
I went to my gym and did a light set of 5 reps on the Smith Machine. One with chains to keep the bar level. It weighed about 60 pounds. I kept adding 10 pounds to each side and kept
doing 5 reps. I managed to get 5 reps with 260 pounds. The next day my knees were okay. That made me wonder what caused the sore knees. Well, in some classes we played games on
a hard surface. Not good if you are heavy and land after jumping high. Impacts are what caused the damage. I avoided running on roads and sidewalks and especially downhill. No jumping
down from loading docks and that sort of thing. I never had sore knees again. Well, knees can get sore if you do mountain climbing with a heavy backpack and there are high steps up and down.
Makes me wonder how someone smart like Philip can injure himself like that. All that combat training can't be good for the joints. Fighting in the street should also be avoided. He also stated
that he can't do heavy weights for shoulder work. Sounds to me like martial arts is a dangerous activity. No way bodybuilders want to have knee surgery and end up with ugly scars.
Vince,
I agree. Hard surfaces are knee and joint wreckers. Not just the knees but the whole body suffers.
Basketball players are notorious for having knee issues due to the pounding on the hard court. How about tennis players? Ouch.
If you run, do it on a giving surface like grass or sand or a cinder track.
I foolishly played some basketball the other day on blacktop and my knees are very sore. Dumb.
You can get away with it when you are young but when older it can mess you up.
Some older folks take painkillers all the time but this is just adding to further injury as you can't feel the pain.
