A 40 something Singaporean

Life and living in Singapore!

Observations and commentaries of Singapore!

A son of Singapore!



Monday, April 21, 2008


Hmmm... anothe 35min on the x-trainer and my knees are still holding up well.

Guess it really goes to show that running is REALLY punishing on the knees. Lots of research already show that the stresses are up to 5x your body weight on those poor kneecaps and its cartilages. A price really, to pay for walking upright so as to leave the hands free to hold things. Evolution-wise, no other mammals spends sooo much time on its hinds except us!

So much so that our knees really take all the punishment of holding the entire body upright, as the weight of any person passes directly from the head straight into the feet and where we have bending flexibility is.... you guessed it, in the knees!

When we either walk, bend down, sit down, stand up and yes, even run... the knees take all the weigh of balancing our bodies! So even for the briefest of moments, the knees take it all, as they have been since we became bipeds.

Now isn't that food for thought?

No comments: