Water sports
Water sports are easy on your joints and allow you to train different muscle groups effectively. It doesn’t matter whether you participate in water gymnastics classes or swim laps as an endurance athlete. The natural water resistance avoids jerky movements, which is why you always train in a way that is easy on your joints and minimizes your risk of injury. Some large fitness studios have already recognized this and offer their members various water sports courses such as aqua aerobics and aqua boxing. It is important to execute the movements in a coordinated and clean manner so that you do not overstretch your joints and can enjoy water sports without injury.
Training with a bicycle ergometer
Training on a bicycle ergometer is a form of endurance sport that is easy on the joints and poses little risk of injurydue to the uniform motion sequences. You should pay attention to a device with a good seat, so that your body is well supported and you do not get pain in the buttocks even during longer training sessions. As with all sports, too much resistance on an ergometer increases the risk of muscle injury. You should therefore only increase the intensity once you have warmed up. Good machines offer preset training programs with gradually increasing difficulty. This avoids strains and ensures a worry-free workout.
Yoga
Yoga is not only considered healthy for body and mind, but is even said to be able to alleviate symptoms of incipient arthritis. Since yoga hardly puts any strain on the joints, the exercises are suitable for low-impact workouts. Even if yoga training still has the reputation of being a rather female sport in some places, this is completely unfounded. This is also known by numerous actors and professional athletes who integrate yoga training into their fitness routines as a balancing regeneration sport. Due to the controlled and coordinated movements with relaxation phases, the risk of injury is very low. At the same time, conscious breathing and concentrated movements improve your body awareness. All this makes yoga an underestimated sport for both sexes, which you should also try.
Nordic Walking
Nordic walking uses poles to reduce joint stress as much as possible by distributing the weight of your body on your arms and legs. This reduces the strain on the spine and joints, making this sport a safe form of exercise for people with joint problems, even from a sports medicine point of view. Not only the legs, but also the arm and back muscles are strengthened, which is why Nordic Walking is more versatile than many athletes think. Especially for beginners, the routes should not have steep inclines at the beginning, so that the knee joints are not overly stressed. Slight and constant inclines, on the other hand, are harmless. If you want to do a sport in the fresh air that is easy on your joints, you should consider Nordic walking.
