Guest Article by Neovertoesguy

Surviving the Matrix with Knee Over Toes

I, Neovertoesguy (“Neo” for short), would not have survived The Matrix without knee over toes.

Natural squatting and going downhill were basic human knee over toes abilities long before The Matrix.

But in the 1970s, a college found that knee over toes equals more pressure on the knee. Agents programmed this into the textbooks without even studying the long-term outcomes, which five decades later we know are the opposite.

But the red pill (truth) isn’t working through pain. It’s a gradient scale of ability. Counterbalance on your squat can reduce that pressure so you can train, recover, and RELOAD with stronger legs and knees.

Same with stepping down. That hurts? Step back before the pain. Use the other leg to assist. Work the ability you do have, and you can make a long-term REVOLUTION.

You can even scale back from the pressures of squatting or downhill by walking backward — same position as downhill but less pressure. And with more distance and/or resistance and/or speed, you may be able to initiate a RESURRECTION of your knee ability.

Unfortunately, some covert agents will say that elevating your heels is a Band-Aid for ankle mobility, but the truth is people have different limb lengths and will be comfortable with different levels. Plus, just turn around and you have one of the greatest ankle mobility strengthening exercises.

The oracles with the greatest knee longevity ever predicted this, intentionally training the ability of their knee over toes, but even that can be turned into a gradient scale of ability.

(This was George Hackenschmidt’s favorite exercise, and he was able to jump over chairs till he passed on at age 85!)

(This is Tom Platz, The Golden Eagle, The Quadfather, who had endless naysayers telling him “NO knee over toes” - but he didn’t listen. He’s now in his 70s with incredible knee ability, and zero knee injuries.)

Seventeen years ago I was advised to quit basketball and never bend my knees deep, but that was only IN THE DOCTOR’S MIND, based on what he’d been taught.

Thanks to Charles Poliquin standing up for knee over toes, I’ve been able to live a completely different life.

It’s worth noting that I began voraciously reading exercise articles at an early age, so by 18 I’d already read articles by hundreds of “no knees over toes” authors. Charles Poliquin’s “unusual” viewpoint immediately clicked.

I was fortunate that from age 6 to 13, my school had a daily hour of quiet reading time when we were allowed to select any book we wanted from the shelves.

I was reading about Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan, thinking I was “cheating” and having fun by reading about sports.

Little did I realize, I enjoyed my way to becoming a great reader, with no backoff on reading about anything I wanted to know.

When I went to high school, I was shocked to find… NO TIME TO READ?!

Fortunately, I was already hooked, and Charles Poliquin was among many great writers with free articles on the internet.

Even though we now live in a “social media video” world, my trove of free articles is my way of continuing Charles Poliquin’s work, which saved my knees and in many ways, my life.

Yours in Truth,

Neovertoesguy

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