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I absolutely benefited from your advice after having a total knee replacement surgery 5 months ago and was recovering slowly but your advice has accelerated my progress and at 75 I will be able to hike the AT again.

I messed up my knee while skiing last year. got super depressed cause I thought I 'd never be able to ski again. barely could walk. now one year later I'm about to hike my first mountain again and I m looking forward to ride it down in a year again. keep on pushing people.

I love how different these exercises are from normal workouts, and also how bad I am at them. Shows me I need to stay humble and work hard to progress.

Thank you so much, I can't wait to get started ✌💪🤗

I am 57 years old. My ortho will not replace my knee. Some back story. Last year, at the end of May, I broke my left ankle while backpacking (Thanks, Zoleo, for the extraction!) A week after the injury, I tore the meniscus in my right knee ... and reinjured it continually due to being on crutches. Once I was in a walking boot, then ankle brace later, the meniscus started to heal. By Thanksgiving, I was feeling really positive about a return to backpacking for 2022. On Thanksgiving day, I was stepping down from a stepstool after grabbing a serving dish. I stepped down on my right leg and my ACL either tore or ruptured. I was in excruciating pain regardless. Did not get to the ortho until March - I work in a hospital and we were critically short staffed. I literally could not get in to be seen all winter. When I finally got in, they told me they would not consider ACL repair or knee replacement until I am 65. They sent me to Physical Therapy after loading my knee with cortisone. After doing therapy for 10 weeks and trying to get into the gym for weighted exercises, I am feeling much less pain in my knee. My question now ... is a return to backpacking possible, going over rough terrain and inclines/declines that are steep in places? I wear a medium duty Shock Doctor knee brace constantly for work, and I have the highest end Shock Doctor pro brace I could afford for small hikes on relatively flat terrain. Is my goal of backpacking in Dolly Sods or The Cranberry Wilderness again achievable or am I relegated to car camping now?

Hurt my knee on a big hike shortly after doing half ironman and was feeling discouraged. But lots of gradual progress with these movements and ATG program from knees over toes I've been skiing, hiking, climbing, and biking without pain! Take your time and stay vigilant with these sort of preventative exercises!

Really effective moves you present there. A challange!

You have the best sunglasses! Thank you for the excellent advice and also for saying to only do 1 set first day , I always feel guilty for not pushing when I feel like I can and I've paid for it

Love these exercises. Exactly what I’m looking for. 👍

Great stuff. Body prep is very often overlooked!

What I like best about your excercises is that most of them are fun movements that require a sense of balance. When I started doing the hiking leg strength workout, I sometimes struggled to keep on my feet :D These knee excercises are a fun challenge. Even when I'm eating dinner while watching these videos, I just have to get up and try it because I'm curious to see if I can do it :D

Nice work man

Thank you!

I like that you demonstrated these outdoor.

Wow, I've never seen a program like this before! Excited to try!

Are you kidding me? R u fckin' kiddin' mei??? I was preparing for my next hiking but was frustrated as I saw that inner sides of my knees were aching just after a light walking in the city for 15 kms. As a fit 21 yrs old girl without any injury background I was so disappointed that almost gave up my plans because I thought that I would collapse if I'd do the same activity at mountains with 10 kilos at my back. Today, after watching your videos about knees I realized that I have been stepping with my knees inclining towards inside for the first time, sayin' wut da fuk, why am i walking like this? I immediately walked to a park, held a tree and did the excercises you recommended. I feel almost cured after 30 minutes of excercising. This is really magical science!!! I send you all of my love and thanks! You saved my hiking plans...

Preparing to go on my first (short) day hike in a couple of months and your videos are really helpful to prepare my body for this journey. Thank you.

Great stretching

Thanks for this! I cannot afford to pay for any classes and these little tips really help!

Excelente! Abrazo de Bushcraft desde Argentina ✌️🇦🇷✌️

Spot on ! 🤙

Thanks for this, mate! My knees are always a weak point on trail. So are my shins.. the dreaded shin splints! "Limbo game is STRONG" That's where I am to be someday!

Thank you. Sissy Squats and tippy toes, yes! I definitely need to improve my limbs' limbo limber game after grade 2 tearing up my teardrop quadie VMO on a serious fall hiking. Any advice for rebuilding my vastus medialis oblique, so my tippy towing the trails doesn't hurt like the dickins limping around for days?

You are a Big Deal, doesn't even need shoes...Always good information.

Thanks for these videos 😭 I messed up my knee real bad going on a strenuous hike last March and now each hike I go on I get the same severe pain.

Thanks for your great videos... 👌👍🌿🌱😃 I've had pain at the back of my knees for several months now and Im wondering If you have had experience with this and how one goes about remedying this specific pain??

Those squats are killer! As a Tellemark Skier, always gotta be strengthened in the knees, especially if you’re new!

Looks like someone has been doing Knees over Toes Ben's Knee ability program!

I will be starting your programs ASAP! I’m slowly getting back into hiking. Cheers for your amazing content! Mel - A fellow Tasmanian 👍🏻

Might be interesting to have a video on exercises you can do whilst you work. I've recently got a standing desk converter just made out of wood meaning I'm not standing and more mobile for a lot of my day. It means I do some exercises for my ankles and knees whilst I work. Just an idea :) Look forward to incorporating some of these.

Great eacercises and tips. Are these ok for older folk? I am 60 and reasonably flexible from pilates, but don’t want to push too hard

The Sissy Squat is pretty polarizing. I've seen a bunch of videos that indicate that it could be bad for the actual joint, though it targets the quads really effectively. It's a favourite of body builders for that reason.

Limbo game IS strong, and also you’re just about ready to be Neo for Halloween this year.

can this be used for parachutist, to prevent damage from the impact on earth ?

Due to arthritis, I don't have great mobility in my toes. Any modifications to accommodate someone who can't flex their toes back?

Hi Chase, this all looks great. I downloaded your ITBS pamphlet and am reading through it. I am currently suffering from knee pain and trying to get into shape before my April 17th start on the PCT. Only, I don't think it's ITBS, so I'm curious, which would be the best excercises to stregthen knees/ deal with pain?

1.40 Mountaineers 'Business time'!

I'd be interested in how well those sock shoes handle rock hopping in a creek. I did Barney Gorge to the Upper Portals the other week it was interesting to say the least, but i totally destroyed my reef shoes. Plus they had stuff all grip on the wet rocks. What would you recommend for that type of thing?

1:40 man you are brave doing this one in public hahaha

Hey, what are your thoughts on the Skinners? Looking into a barefoot journey myself and I checked out Skinners website and I'm really just seeing some socks.. any props/ cons? I just bought some Lems boulder boots for general walking around (I've always liked a heavy/ chunky/ clunky boot) and looking into Vivos too.

"the best part of this movement, is how much it's going to improve your limbo game" 🤣🤣🤣.. That's my goal

I love your comment here. Your ego can hurt you. I can't count the number of times I've said I can go a little further on a hike and then realize I probably should have turned back then. Made it back, but it hurt so much after. I just signed up for the MPK program, I will be walking the Camino de Santiago Frances route starting August 2. I will have to complete the program while on the trail. A good after-hike workout/stretch for sure. Any recommendations on doing this on the Camino?

Is it possible to do the good morning without moving your hips rearward? Seems like its compensation. Is it a matter of strength or just physics?

First I must 60 pounds of the gut area 🤦🏽‍♂️ to be able to do these. But thanks for sharing this new clip

What can I do, when my knee "make noise" like a little crack?

Are these good to do for IT band syndrome? Mine flairs up going downhill and the sissy squats would replicate that movement.

These exercises look great. Unfortunately I have an arthritic MTP so all that dorsiflexion of the toes absolutely kills me.

1:43 Michele Jackson dace moves nice 😂

Where should you feel the tension in the sissy squat? When I do this I get pain across the front of my knee caps. Is that normal?

I am gonna owe you one if after following your videos, I hike Zion without any injuries.

So funny 😂

Please tell me about those socks!

Are you locking yourself knees?

1:55 funny

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To strengthen your knees, do a Jojo pose? Got it!

Aren’t sissy squats dangerous? Everyone always tell us not to have our knee behind the toe, and here we have opposite, our knee goes all the way straight to the toe and even further. Thank you.