Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 01:37:54 UTC No. 225407

>>225400
hey man, what about boxing? how much emphasis is put on your knees there? There's a lot of bending and moving so i don't know.
If your acls and mcls are fucked though then maybe what you need is fuckin' surgery. If you can't get surgery then ripppppppp. Especially if boxing won't do it for you.
Might have to be, like. A walking club or something dude.
Or some fake martial art, like aikido.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 03:12:11 UTC No. 225409

>>225400
Didn't you make this thread before and people told you BJJ/MT were going to shreckt your knees, but you did it anyways?

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 03:56:05 UTC No. 225413

>>225409
if so, he is fucking epic for that hahaha.>>225400
one thing i forgot to mention: have you checked out ATG? Like, kneesovertoesguy on youtube? If you're fucked anyway, you might as well go ham on that (with proper rest also) for a while. Maybe it'll take a month, maybe it'll take a year, maybe it'll never get your knees to a comfortable level, but it's worth a shot if the alternative is never training again.
ATG is exercises that are specifically to strengthen your knees and increase their mobility to prevent injuries, and to rehabilitate existing injuries. Stay hard brother!

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 21:31:23 UTC No. 225477

if you play a proper jiu jitsu game you probably shouldnt injure your knees

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 00:10:56 UTC No. 225573

>>225400
Just do whatever martial art you want but take it easy. You're not gonna be the best at anything you start at 30+ anyway and you can still enjoy being part of a community.

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 12:06:39 UTC No. 225701

>>225409
No not me, though I could imagine this is fairly common 30yo boomer scenario

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 12:11:07 UTC No. 225702

>>225413
I never found the instagram/youtube knee guys really made a difference for me. What made the difference was doing physio for like 6 months twice a week, then less regularly since then

We started from scratch with basic isometrics, strength, pliometrics etc and kept building up. Legs are strong as they've ever been now so it worked like a charm

But now that they're fixed I'm pretty hesitant to fuck them up again, like maybe BJJ would be okay but I'm aware of the risk.

Fuck it, maybe I'll just go to /fit/ and become a powershitter. It's only lateral movements that cause my knee issues so powerlifting would be fine

>>225407
Boxing would probably be the best out of martial arts for my circumstance I guess - I've had surgery in the past, not in a state where I need it now but more like aware that I need to derisk a bit

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 15:56:55 UTC No. 225706

>>225400
Pickleball. Can play mostly solo. Easy on the joints. Incredibly fun. Can be learned in literally 15 minutes. Awesome for aerobic health. I play at my local YMCA a few times a week and I've developed a bunch of good friends.
>muh senior sport
It's not just old people. But even if the people in your area are mostly older, the great thing about Pickeball is that age doesn't matter. I'm 30 and I play with a few 70 year olds that mop the fucking floor with me.

Anonymous at Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:10:36 UTC No. 225952

>>225400
https://www.youtube.com/@TheKneesovertoesguy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OViN3q7sHY

Train your knees, dumb dumb

Anonymous at Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:19:21 UTC No. 226051

Gordo was a BJJ guy who invented half guard because his knees were fucked. Bjj is the tai chi of combat sports dude.

t. Training since '02 and 3 knee surgeries from unrelated BJJ injuries

Anonymous at Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:15:22 UTC No. 226055

>>225400
If you wanna be super casual, bowling and other bar esque "sports" like billiards and darts/axe throwing could be good.

It can get competitive, but it's also casual and good for meeting people. Plus gentle on the knees.

Anonymous at Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:48:38 UTC No. 226056

>>225400
you could still try judo or wrestling, you aren't going to get your knees destroyed if you take it easy. just make sure to always warn whoever you're training or sparring with.

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Mar 2025 02:37:28 UTC No. 226062

>>225400
>What sport should I do?
Sumo.

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:40:41 UTC No. 226791

>>225400
dont do all the sport bjj shit made to explode your own knees like de la riva and single leg x guard


>>226051
half guard is comfy

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:24:07 UTC No. 226810

The fact is, most sports are going to be hard on your knees. There aren’t very many that aren’t. Your best bet is to lose weight — human knee reliability seem to top out at around 160 lbs or so, and the problem becomes a lot worse over 200 lbs.

But some ideas anyway:
Rowing (many af actually).
Cross country skiing (actually awesome).
Swimming/water polo/etc.
Yoga/tai chi
Nordic walking (gay af but good exercise and MILFs galore).
I wouldn’t recommend climbing generally but there are climbing-adjacent disciplines that might be suitable, e.g. aid climbing.
Cycling and other bike sports works for some, not others. Technique is a big part. A tip here is basically use higher RPM and lower gears, relying on endurance over strength. Do some spin classes to get started.

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:31:16 UTC No. 226811

>>225400
>has knee problems in his 30s
>decides to do full on MMA
You’re a fucking retard. BJJ alone would probably be fine as long as you don’t do stupid shit like try to train through injuries.

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:51:08 UTC No. 226833

>>225400
Get a hobby that doesn't require you to be athletically fit and capable, because you aren't and never will be again.

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:23:09 UTC No. 226902

>>226833
why so negative?

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:48:44 UTC No. 226933

>>226902
Truth hurts.

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:29:12 UTC No. 226953

>>226933
we dont know anything about him, he could easily get fitter than he has ever been in his life for all we know

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:42:52 UTC No. 226954

>>226953
If you're in your thirties and you've already destroyed your knees, it's time to gracefully accept that your athletic peak is behind you. It's time to realise that there is more to life than sports, and find something else to devote your energy and spare time to. The objective should be to exercise lightly to remain healthy and stay at a reasonable weight, not to push an aging and battered body ever harder. You're only young once, and when it's over, it's over.

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:01:29 UTC No. 226957

>>226954
if you have limited self belief then i feel sorry for you but you do not need to spread this to others. it does not give you any advantages at all, its rather the opposite

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:01:08 UTC No. 226959

>>226957
Let me know when you find someone who's unfucked his knees with the power of positive thinking. The simple fact of the matter is that longevity in any sport is entirely contingent on injury avoidance. There are many, many men who have been forced into retirement through injuries, and it's an insult to all of them when someone says that they just aren't believing in themselves enough. Life doesn't work like that - sometimes you can try really hard and do all the right things with as much dedication and positivity as any man can muster, and still fail to achieve your goals. This is natural and normal and must be accepted, failure to do so goes beyond optimism and into delusion.

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 23:52:57 UTC No. 226972

>>226959
there are guys without legs doing bjj nevermind fucked up knees. you dont get bonus points at the end for being a defeatist little bitch but you seem to think so for some reason?

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:34:36 UTC No. 226999

>>226972
OK, OP should cut off his legs and become a Paralympian. Do you really think that's more sensible and reasonable than finding fulfilment outside of the realm of sports? When you grow up you'll understand that nothing lasts forever and that it's not a bad thing to reinvent yourself and do things differently when circumstances stop you from doing what you wanted to do. It isn't cowardly or a mark of failure to turn aside from your former goals and hobbies to find something that's a better fit for you. If OP continues trying to do sports, he's going to make his chronic injuries worse and probably pick up more, until he finally accepts that his youth is over and he needs to move on. You are stupid and evil if you encourage people to do that.