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Old Fri Mar 14, 2008, 10:07am
MikeK27 MikeK27 is offline
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Originally Posted by Mark Dexter
Almost forgot to add, but a good way to build tone and strengthen your knees is to do isometric exercises. One example would be to straighten your knee, contract and release your quads, then repeat a few times. You won't burn many calories, but you'll bulk up the quadriceps muscles and give more support and strength to the knee.
Good piece of advice. I have never done any isometric exercises before, so I will have to do a little research to see how there done. I have heard the term before, but can't remember where I heard it now.
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