Muscle & Fitness Australia — November 2017

> Achy knees? We’ll cover all

the movements you should

avoid to protect one of your

most injury-prone joints.

BY DAVID OTEY

E

VEN A BUM KNEE SHOULDN’T BE AN

excuse to skip leg day – not that most guys

need one. Just consider that training legs

recruits an enormous amount of lower-body

muscle, which burns more calories and

triggers a f lood of testosterone and growth

hormone, two hormones that play a massive

role in muscle recovery and growth. All it takes to

navigate leg day with a bad knee – and not miss

out on a bevy of benefits – is a little anatomical

understanding and the right exercise selection.

So in Part 1 of this two-part leg-training series,

we’ll help you train around a knee injury for a lower

body that looks and performs better than new.

PAIN-FREE

LEG TRAINING

PART 1

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