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Offline owen13

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to leg extend or not
« on: November 05, 2006, 06:35:10 PM »
hi everyone
i am looking for anyones views
had aclr several months ago now.
my old physio used to get me to do leg extensions( open chain)
but now  i have different physio and she said that leg extensions are a big no no
does anyone know if leg extensions are a bad exercise? ???
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Offline kevc

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Re: to leg extend or not
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2006, 08:12:38 PM »
I was told big no no.  Although some people on these boards do do them and think they are good.  In my book they are risky and I would steer clear.  How did you feel when you did them?
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Re: to leg extend or not
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2006, 08:31:03 PM »
hah,i was wondering why there havent been thread about leg extensions for few weeks now
Anyway,heres one topic about this:http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEtalk/index.php?topic=32150.0
i am sure there are another 10 of them somewhere,click back a month or so and i am sure you will find some.
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Re: to leg extend or not
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2006, 10:19:29 PM »
Quote from: kevc on November 05, 2006, 08:12:38 PM
I was told big no no.  Although some people on these boards do do them and think they are good.  In my book they are risky and I would steer clear.  How did you feel when you did them?
my quad muscle really strenthened and all was going well  until i had a set back in aug and my quad muscle began to atrophy
now ia am just trying to start again
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