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[neadods]

Mini trampoline: Good low-impact workout, or disaster waiting to happen?

Also, I am in the market for a good, general cookbook (think "Joy of Cooking") for:
- Mediterranean Cooking (esp. Greece and Italy)
- Recipes for Lent
- Jewish cooking

Any recommendations?

I am trying to deal with the incredible paucity of fish and bean recipes in most "generican" cookbooks. Vegetarian cookbooks are slightly better. Slightly.

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[jennetj.livejournal.com]

If you're trying to be kind to a knee, then brisk walking on your treadmill (I'm right in remembering you have a treadmill, yes?) would be better than jogging on a tramp, methinks. One of my favorite low-impact gadgets is a Bosu ball. Not cheap, but excellent for balance, and you can use it much more gently than a step, because it's squishy.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have a treadmill. My long-term hope is to treadmill 2x, strength train 2x (I just bought a balance ball), and ... something... 2x. One of my friends at work says Bosu kicks her ass, so it was something I was thinking about.

The knee problem is simple, but surprisingly restrictive... it will not bear weight while bent. No squats. No lunges. No biking. No jumping jacks (torque) or water exercises (same). It will take quite a pounding, as long as the weight is hitting it straight up and down.

And as long as I don't ask it to bear weight bent, I'm in no pain and can walk normally. Ask more out of it, and I limp; ask more than that and it's prone to give out without warning.

So what the knee wants, the knee gets.