Squatting & Lunging: Bad for Your Knees?




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Summary: If you have bad knees, you have likely heard that you should not do lunges or squats. Unfortunately, you may have been misinformed.If you have bad knees, you have probably heard that you should not do lunges or squats. You then in turn tell your trainer, "oh no I can't do those." Well, you might just have been given wrong information. Correct positioning and form may make lunges and squats your knees' best friends. Dr. Michele Olson, PhD, FACSM, joins Melanie Cole, MS, to teach you how to do lunges and squats correctly so that your knees can actually benefit.