Thread: What thigh exercises?

You're likely going to have a hefty strength imbalance now, so I'd really put the majority of your training volume on unilateral exercises, operating in a pain free range of motion.

So as to not exacerbate the bilateral imbalance

1. Train the weak side first
2. Do no more reps or weight for the strong side than you did for the weak side
3. Consider slightly more volume for the weak side

What was the knee surgery for?

How recently was recently?

Have you done any rehabilitation work?

like dale said, how recent?

most likely I would start with just isometric quad flexes for the bad knee and train the other leg and your upper body.

I had the surgery Sep. 29th of this year. Right now i'm going to therapy to build the muscle back up but they have me doing things that are mainly helping out my stabalizers and helping me getting back to running. They said I can start going to the gym and start working out if I would like to, so i'm going to start training my legs on top of my therapy.

well, they should be telling you want you should be doing and what you are able to do. No one can really give you good advice on this since none of us are there to see how far along you are. If I were your trainer, the first thing I would do is call your therapist and ask them for suggestions for your program and ask them how far along you are and what you need to work on. Since you are training yourself maybe you should start with those questions the next time you go to therapy. Good luck! Hope you have a speedy recovery.

Go slow and go light......and talk to your therapist about your training.