Today you’ll learn the strength exercises for runners instead of doing squats and lunges.

In another video I talked about Melissa having weak knees so she tried and failed with squats and lunges, so check the video on YouTube.

So as you know squats and lunges don’t work for knee pain… and you’re better off working the hips.

See, the hips pre-position where your knees are in space. And I’ll spare you the anatomy mumbo jumbo but the hips keep the legs upright, make them bow or knock together.

That’s why hips are so important for your knees.

The knees really only move forward and back, or bend and straighten out.

The hips move in every direction.

So with every step your hips control where you place your leg.

And because the placement is controlled by your hips that’s why strengthening the knees really doesn’t help.

Instead you need to give your hips a workout. 

And add variety.

Mix it up and do a variation of movements.

What directions do you hips go?

Do those motions.

• Forward

• Backward

• Away from your other leg

• Toward your other leg

• Rotate out

• Rotate in

• Knees straight

• Knees bent

You can do these 

• Standing

• Laying down

• Some of them even sitting!

• You can use machines

• You can use body weight

• You can use weights

• You can use elastic bands

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