RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

Knee pain after doing squats/lunges/cardio on machines? With squats/lunges, keep your upper body upright. Leaning forward when you go down causes your knees to dive past your toes = knee ligament strain. Keep knees behind toes. With cardio, keep the incline at the lowest level/flat. The higher the incline the more knee ligament strain too. The only safe cardio exercise for an incline is slow walking.