This is a great exercise to remedy knee pain, and an easy one to start with if you are just beginning to experiment with strengthening the muscles around your knees.
It effectively targets your quadriceps (the muscles at the front of your thigh), whilst putting little to no strain on your actual knee. No equipment is needed either, so you really can do it anywhere.
How to do it:
As the name suggests, this one targets your calf muscles, found in your lower leg and behind your shin bone. You can do this holding onto the back of a piece of furniture, or on stairs whilst gripping the banister and letting you heels hang off the edge of the step.
How to do it:
This is a handy move that targets a number of different parts of the leg, and you might even have come across it before in a Pilates classes.
How to do it:
If you’ve never tried this machine before it’s best to ask a member of staff to help you get set up. But, once you’ve done it once you’ll find it super easy to progress with independently.
This move is designed to target your hamstrings, the muscles along the back of your thighs. A lot of gyms will have a specific machine for this move, or you also do it lying on your stomach or standing up and holding onto something in front of you.
You can do this on a plastic step in the gym or on a step or low and sturdy surface in your own home.
Wall Squats
This is a more difficult move that’s best attempted when you have been training your knee muscles for a little while.With our personal training team by your side, it’s all possible in as little as 8 weeks.
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