Coach works with sled champion Brian on a workout designed to strengthen knees and support longevity. The sled lets you move your knee over your toes, which strengthens the joint, not damages it, debunking a myth from the 1970s. Backward sledding engages muscles that protect the knee while building strength and cardiovascular fitness.
We're here with the sled. Brian's a champion, has a sled right in his home. I've coached a lot of people for longevity. Most of my success stories for the knee is people over the age of 50 and the foundation is sled. And we'll even look at replacements and we'll look at why. So go ahead and belt up. And you already sled, so go ahead and start sledding, and I'm going to coach you through this. We're going to look at why we'll go forward, backward, non stop until you're cooked. So the first thing you're going to notice is that his knee is over his toes on every step. The point of that is just that's a position we want to be strong in. And a big myth spread of no knees over toes. It started in the 70s because it was found that when the knee is over the toe, there's more pressure on the knee. Well, Brian is devoting his career now to anti aging. Seems like pressure is something we want to be able to handle. Now he's going to go backward. Doing this at least as much backward as forward makes it a potent knee health exercise. So there's not many things you can do where you get strengthening and cardio and healing at the same time. When you go backward, actually, you engage your muscles the way they're supposed to to protect the knee. It.
