I kind of chuckle to myself when people tell me that they have bad knees. I think, “What have they done to you? Should you put them on a ‘time out’ or scold them?”
Your knees are not bad! And for that matter none of the other body parts that may be hurting are bad either.
Yes, you may experience pain, you may have a strained ligament, worn out cartilage, bulging disc in your back, sciatica, and so on. But it does not mean they are bad.
You can take that arthritic knee and add one of two references. You can say, “My knee is bad I have to avoid exercise or at least certain exercises and that probably means I won’t be able to achieve optimal fat loss because I am limited in what I can do.”
Or
“I have an arthritic knee and I’m not going to let that stop me from achieving the body of my dreams. I know other people with arthritic knees that have achieved tremendous fat loss success and I have a clear vision in my mind of what my dream body looks like and I’m not going to let anything get in my way of reaching that goal.”
I’m not going to deny that you are experiencing pain or discomfort, but are you going to let that limit you? Do you think that you can turn that around?
A good friend of mine and fellow fitness professional Shane James told me his story where he was unable to walk or even get out of bed because his knees were so ‘bad’. The cartilage was worn out and his knees came off the track.
The doctor told him that he could never exercise again. Imagine that?
Shane refused to except the limitation instilled upon him by his doctor. Even though Shane was in pain he began to walk on the treadmill at a crawling pace.
Every morning and before bed he would repeat to himself, “I have the strongest knees in the world!” He would even have his friends call him up and say, “Hey how’s the guy with the strongest knees in the world doing today?”
Within a short period of time he had cranked up the treadmill and lost the 25 pounds that he had gained after being a bit depressed and the doctor ordering him to stop exercising.
You can listen to Shane tell the story here:
http://unstoppable-fatloss.com/blog/shane-james/
So are you going to let the references of doctors and other people who have given up on their fat loss goals because of ‘bad’ knees hold you back?
Or are you going to get new references of people who love their knees no matter what state they are in, and those knees are going to help them achieve incredible fat loss success.
Heck, you can even look at Nino Savona’s story:
http://unstoppable-fatloss.com/blog/nino-savona/
He walks with crutches and has fallen off the treadmill countless times. That sure isn’t enough to stop him.
In the Unstoppable Fat Loss interview with Tom Venuto, Tom mentions a study where they were trying to figure out which of two knee surgeries produced the best result. They also did a placebo where people thought they were getting the surgery, they were rolled into the operating room and incisions were actually made, yet nothing was done.
The person who had the placebo reported that his knee was better even though no surgery was performed.
I believe that Tom has worked through the difficulties of a bulging disc in his back as well. Take a look at the incredible physique that he has built even though he had this obstacle.
Take a moment to listen to the short audio clip with Tom as well:
http://unstoppable-fatloss.com/blog/tom-venuto/
I have trained numerous clients with sciatica and bulging discs and they have achieved tremendous fat loss success despite this.
I’ve had knee surgery myself because of a hockey injury. My bone will actually pop out of place at times and I quickly pop it back in. For the most part it’s very stable and I can do full deep squats and it doesn’t limit me from anything.
The work that I’ve done on it myself has been much better than any surgery could have ever done and my knee continues to get stronger every day.
I love that knee. It’s a good knee.
Are you starting to see where an Unstoppable Mindset can take you?
I get asked quite frequently what exercises are best to do when you have ‘bad’ knees. The best exercise for your knees is to exercise your brain and eliminate those limiting beliefs.
Isn’t it time that you started living the Unstoppable Fat Loss Lifestyle?
Your Dream Body Awaits You…
Scott Tousignant, BHK, CFC
www.UnstoppableFatLoss.com
www.Unstoppable-FatLoss.com/blog
www.AskTheFitBastard.com/blog
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