Low-Impact Cardio Substitutions
5 Low-Impact Cardio Substitutions That Won't Destroy Your Knees (or Annoy Your Neighbours)
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High knees and high knee skips can be harsh on sensitive knee and hip joints. Work the same muscles with this alternative that Parsons and Barnes both recommend: a lateral lunge to an oblique twist.
"The lateral lunge to oblique twist is a low-impact cardio exercise that allows you to keep both feet low to the ground," Barnes told POPSUGAR. "Unlike high knee skips, this exercise doesn't require you to put intense pressure on your lower body joints. With each lunge, step, and upper body twist you do, you increase strength in your quadriceps, hamstrings, and glutes, all while sculpting your lower ab muscles." Sounds like a win all around, right?