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A quick rundown of why I started this particular thread. 20 some odd years ago I was involved in a pretty nasty car wreck that nearly killed me, one sustained injury from the wreck was crushing my right patella. Upon arriving to the hospital I was prepped for emergency surgery and the doctor basically used titanium screws and wire to put it back together.... after 18 months from the surgery I was able to finally walk on my own and did a lot of therapy to gain strength back in my right leg. Doctors said I would never have full use of my right leg again, but determination and stubborness allowed me to gain full mobility.
Fast forward to now. Over the years since, I have trained, raced motocross and Xcountry, hence the user name MxxC, rode pedal bikes for ridiculous amounts of miles, hiked yada yada. I have since gave most of the foolish racing career up and dabble in the latter.
Back in late May I got myself back in to weight training and was a little fearful of training legs hard due to my patella slowly deteriorating over time and knee pain becoming more prominent.
My question(s) are quad specific. What Isolated single leg workout do you think would be most beneficial to me focusing on and being able to build and grow my Rectus Femoris and Vastus Lateralis without tremendous impact on the knee? I know this sounds kind of silly seeing that any exercise is going to involve movement of the knee and load on the joint. The development of my right leg in comparison to my left is terrible and i would like more even proportions of the muscle. I am still toughing out the thought of knee replacement because at some point sooner than later it is going to need to be addressed, in the meantime I am trying to preserve it because I don't know what he future holds for it after surgery whenever it has to be done.
Fast forward to now. Over the years since, I have trained, raced motocross and Xcountry, hence the user name MxxC, rode pedal bikes for ridiculous amounts of miles, hiked yada yada. I have since gave most of the foolish racing career up and dabble in the latter.
Back in late May I got myself back in to weight training and was a little fearful of training legs hard due to my patella slowly deteriorating over time and knee pain becoming more prominent.
My question(s) are quad specific. What Isolated single leg workout do you think would be most beneficial to me focusing on and being able to build and grow my Rectus Femoris and Vastus Lateralis without tremendous impact on the knee? I know this sounds kind of silly seeing that any exercise is going to involve movement of the knee and load on the joint. The development of my right leg in comparison to my left is terrible and i would like more even proportions of the muscle. I am still toughing out the thought of knee replacement because at some point sooner than later it is going to need to be addressed, in the meantime I am trying to preserve it because I don't know what he future holds for it after surgery whenever it has to be done.