Bulletproofing Mark Bell's Knees

@kneesovertoesguy shows Mark Bell what he can do to make his knees stronger and pain free.
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[@prideofalion]

"I don't stretch, I just move. I only do strength training." The most important statement of this whole concept.

[@Dudububu57]

thats why im watching his videos

[@mpowerewd22]

Building strength in lengthened positions.

[@summondominion]

I caught that too

[@joshuac1364]

I've never made much progress, if any with static stretches.. I'll be incorporating a lot of these workouts into my routine for sure.

[@philn7834]

It sounds unique and interesting that he said that, but in actuality he does stretches. You can see it in his videos on his channel that he does stretch. He does a kneeling quadricep stretch against the wall and also the pancake stretch. But he seems to prefer weight assisted stretches more, but its still stretching.

[@josephweston6446]

Ben is so happy about sharing his knowledge. He's like a super smart puppy.

[@kirkwarmack]

This may be the greatest description of a human being I’ve ever heard! I couldn’t have said it better myself...perfect analogy.

[@emiliodauvin5059]

Hahahaha 🙌🙌

[@catedoge3206]

ye

[@liontitties]

Hahhaa so true

[@emaddarawsheh7420]

He is a God gift for us asinjured knees guys

[@miguelromano6631]

Props to Mark for giving Ben a shot.... this is the future of Sport's science

[@Hoop639]

Let’s not go that far

[@Hoop639]

The future of sport science is found inside of the magical @strengthcoachnetwork

[@fullmentalalchemist3922]

@@Hoop639 agreed. This guy is using low weight and has a lot of red fiber muscle but he's not gonna compete against a real weightlifter.

[@Hoop639]

@@fullmentalalchemist3922 I just don’t like going overboard. Training for athletics is a lot more complex and deeper than this, but in general it does strengthen your knees and lower body. Idk what hou mean by red muscle🤣🤣

[@Hoop639]

@@fullmentalalchemist3922 slow twitch ?

[@mykulpierce]

My track and field coach back in late 90s early 2000s in high school had us warm up everyday with a wide range of mobility including walking backwards (quarter of track was run, quarter was mobility, etc for half mile or mile everyday). Coach Weaver was a head of his time. Oh man I just googled him while I was writing this comment. He's still going strong! Brian Weaver at Buchanan High School

[@shavedleggs5390]

Clovis, Ca? From Atwater here. You guys had a real nice stadium.

[@mykulpierce]

@@shavedleggs5390 yeah I remember when that was built lol haven't seen it in years.

[@jaminjones4969]

Haha started reading going, “hey I had coach a weaver in high school,” then finished reading and realized it was the same guy😂 Buchanan Alumni

[@yubacitywarrior]

I'm from Clovis east lol got too excited when I heard you mention Buchanan

[@angeldelvillar8013]

Buchanan alumni checking in

[@Strengthside]

some dope dudes together here

[@boomtastic67]

Appreciate your work too man! You're one of the first youtubers to inspire me to move towards ring work and general calisthenics and it's been so much better.

[@MinutesofMuscle]

Love you too brah!

[@trevorrisley5419]

Just Two Dope Boys In a Cadillac.

[@dosepulveda1]

📝

[@jasonbondar3]

I start following this guy 2 months ago on KZbin when he was at 18k subs now he's nearly at 200k, freaking crazy how fast he's growing

[@fitwithjuni7376]

400k now... lol. Crazy stuff

[@quincymarquis-brown5803]

1 milly now😭

[@123smosley]

Mark has a lot of humility he has done so much but patiently let's KOT run the workout and teach him.

[@TheFineolase]

Ya, Mark is a great listener, very open minded. Great video

[@plop.mp3246]

ben gona make the world a better place one knee at a time

[@csalt5235]

I’m now following this guy & starting to see light at the end of the tunnel

[@csalt5235]

@Luke yeet just starting out mate...long road by the sounds of things. Ask me again in a few months

[@csalt5235]

@Luke yeet mobility is what I’m after really...I’m 45 now & just want to stay as healthy & mobile as possible...cracking knees & pain i hope to get rid of.

[@artemthetrain14]

@@csalt5235 I'm almost 8 weeks in to zero. My split squat was elevated like 18 inches. Now I'm doing 5x5 on flat ground, no problem. Also getting more flexible doing the mobility work on the off days. Keep it up brother

[@csalt5235]

@@artemthetrain14 thats brilliant mate...split squats are so hard but that’s my goal a 5x5 on the flat doing them. You keep smashing it my man

[@romanpisani8157]

@@csalt5235 bro.. after 6 weeks my vertical has gone up 8 inches from 18 to 26. This guy is legit

[@bcasey88]

That DIY nordic ham curl with the bench and belt is amazing.

[@jakebryant9452]

shoutout to Coach Gutcheck Myers he's been using those for years check him out as well!

[@supersayainjesus7204]

You don't need any of the fancy and expensive equipment!

[@ryu-ken]

Fr..never thought of this

[@BeGrizzlyStrong]

A knotted sheet under the door at home. Blew my small mind.

[@diagonals792]

@@BeGrizzlyStrong i was going to comment this too. Such a neat trick. Mindblowing

[@MRBarton369]

Ben is such a master... He's like a samurai dueling a fisherman

[@Fatboy53]

This is my new leg workout at 52 years old. My old regimen wasn’t working. Been doing this 2 mos. now. Pain gone. Thanks Ben

[@user-mj6sl9qv8j]

Hey me too at 52 - changed my life. 2 shredded knees from revolutionary 'key-hole' surgeries back in the 1990's. those surgeons knew so little about the knee. even today some of them just stick in a knee replacement because therapy just doesn't pay and its too hard for many to do. its disgraceful. fortunately my surgeon had seen and tried knees over toes himself and he recommended it to me. game changed Im now running and skiing again.

[@olanilsson2559]

Sounds fantastic. What issues did you hsve? Was it meniscus tear? I have done MRI with meniscus tear confirmed and I wonder if this would be worth trying for me.

[@user-mj6sl9qv8j]

@@olanilsson2559 Hi Ola - surgeons are better now - they repair meniscus rather than cut it off which is what happened to me over 4 surgeries. I had medial & lateral meniscus tears cut away on both knees over 8 years as a Marine Commando, regularly playing Rugby & Judo. Surgery solved it then, but meniscus has now worn away to very little on MRI and X-Ray with two torn. The resulting wear away is very common across all knee surgeries - osteoarthritis - caused by growth of little bastard osteophytes. Lock down + remote working accelerated my decline till I was getting severe random and persistent pain, swelling etc. I was resigned to knee replacements which although covered by my medical plan I did a lot of research (10,000 knee replacements were just recalled due to faulty parts...) and was eventually guided to this KOT plan. Any choice for surgery should be informed by your symptoms & try a few surgeons. My view was to try this first in the knowledge that if it didn't prevent the surgery it would ensure I got the most from the surgery, recovered faster and prevented further problems. Like any exercise plan it can be tough to stick with, but anyone can do it.

[@Fatboy53]

@@olanilsson2559 hi friend- ACL long tear, 1999, 29 years old. Meniscus tear same knee at 31. Had a 38” vert, jump fun, landing dangerous. Even the post surgery PT didn’t have these. I still have a 31” vert and play vball. Thanks Ben Patrick- what a blessing. Ola- wishing u the best, find a good doctor

[@RationalMinded]

I love how excited Ben is. That is genuine passion.

[@sambsialia]

Mark needs to help Ben get on Rogan. Mark is the Rogan of lifting.

[@kingkatiin2658]

Rogan knows of KOTG we might see him in a few weeks/months

[@Brixks512]

@@kingkatiin2658 hopefully

[@zakwilliams490]

I found about Ben through Joe Rogan. He mentioned him and will get him on if he wants to.

[@Ruatsanga13]

He made ittt

[@evoshocker5842]

would ya look at that

[@Slanderbot]

An important note to his "I don't stretch, only strengthen" By that he means traditional static stretching, b/c every movement he does incorporates stretching. The increase in muscle & tendon strength through those extreme ranges of motion provides improved stability, thus triggering the CNS to allow you to get much increased range of motion and force production b/c it feels safe with said stability. Most people are much stronger and flexible than they realize. They simply lack stability and therefore their CNS won't allow them to utilize it, it's a safety mechanism.

[@sharaudramey9336]

thank you for explaining this, i am a huge stretching advocate

[@gunsandcommissions]

This is so true.

[@torraorfjord8147]

This video is going to change my life. I have bad ankles and both knees have meniscus tears. I love that I watched this, this gives me hope.

[@zanngoc]

any update?

[@danieldiaz4692]

The OG of knees KOTG. Can’t get enough of his content.

[@9054756555]

Ben is so happy and straight to the point for all his info ( he gives off a great personality without adding fluff to videos like most creators do ) I’ve been implementing his exercises for 3 weeks and already seeing a world of difference

[@JDBoelter]

I like the whole tone and feel of the session. It's like he's your big brother, dropping knowledge at every turn.

[@marshallkohlhaas80]

So glad i just found you , awesome stuff!!!!

[@NYSaddleHunter]

Dude this is an eye opener for me. I suffer from extreme Plantar Fasciitis. Watching you explain to Mark how the sissy squat helps with all the foot , ankle mobility. It just makes so much sense. Gonna get after it right away. This shit has been hindering my life for the past 10 months. I’ve tried everything up until this point. I’ll follow up in a month or two. Thanks again

[@Gravitifitness]

ok so, how are the results ?

[@matthewalimurung2549]

Results?

[@ridenm7748]

Do what happened?

[@harrydennis6854]

Love this content!

[@nominox1158]

Great Video, enjoyed it a lot

[@MinutesofMuscle]

Amazing love this!!

[@gloriacreekmore3444]

Uh I’m like holy crap…. Had one replacement need another but.. teaching this to my clients!!

[@talmadgedarden4377]

I am extremely grateful for your insightful information about your knees!

[@Tomara632]

Always good to watch you guys. You keep it real. Thanks for helping us Mark.

[@bryanherrera3106]

My knee pain was killing me and the next day after trying these exercise plus voodoo flossing the pain/swelling was gone! Will definitely continue with these!

[@harrylenton3166]

This is eye opening. Pure gold

[@jayp6664]

Wow 66 years young with annoying knee stiffness.... I tried this and it is WONDERFUL!!!! THANK YOU

[@dirkdirkenson1941]

This series has been extremely helpful for me

[@immortal5sky]

this is great. good job guys

[@jasongtivr6]

So glad I found this guy. I was dragging a tarp full of yard debris a few months ago. Was pulling it whack walking backwards. And it made my weak knee swore for a couple weeks. At the time I started to think it was bad for my knee. Now I think I just did too much but need to start adding that into my workouts. Oh and I workout five or so days a week. So pulling weight backwards found my weak spot.

[@bzynkapatrycja]

Love this guy. The way he is is mad man. But so knowledgeable. Amazing

[@fifthlevelbard9541]

Thank you so much for this.

[@LinaandRaul]

This is awesome !!!!

[@Daddy_6140]

Holy shit this guy is a genius.

[@gregruiz7490]

Ben I fkn love your sincerity. I can literally feel your passion through the screen

[@SoniaBDorsey]

This is what being passionate about helping people looks like. Man! Thanks a million! Saw you on Dr. Bergs channel a couple days ago and just started researching your work. Wow! Thanks for this.

[@christysmithfitness7472]

SO good, thank you!!!

[@alexkasimir9931]

Best freaking info on KZbin I found today. This is life changing for anyone... especially for for squaters.....like myself.

[@NikolaTeslaEE]

Great content. Love this guy (KOT).

[@gainz_godz1098]

Incredible knowledge and so enthusiastic to teach others! Just amazing.

[@amospan14]

Fire content and collab! 🔥💯

[@JoseRodriguezFrio]

He runs through this so damn quick!!

[@hedialaya3230]

I am very happily using this info

[@IndagatorAD4]

Thank you both and everyone who helped put this together. Much appreciated and definitely something I was looking for.

[@haraldpost]

Very interesting stuff!

[@MigiSmolls]

I love Ben and his knowledge is amazing. I wish I never had to unsubscribe from his program, but I lost my business of several years due to covid. I’m glad he’s finally getting the exposure he deserves.

[@BeGrizzlyStrong]

Keep doing the parts you remember. Stay healthy and you'll have another shot at business.

[@rock_oclock]

Let's break it all down and build it back up from scratch. I'm loving this!

[@boomerpaschall]

Love getting to see new folks get to share their ways, att'a boy Mark for letting others shine as well. This content/ methods are something I've never come across, even with coaching flagged individuals in the military & civilians. Including my own service related injuries years after being medically retired.. This gives some hope for the future so that I can continue to train daily through the pain. Thanks again fellas. Salute

[@gregruiz7490]

Ben! I sincerely appreciate you! I've been itching for this type of content! You're truly amazing... bless your heart. you can feel the passion you have through your tone of voice and body language. I am definitely going to start this program

[@terryaming9580]

Some of the best stuff I've seen and dried, believe me it makes a difference. Just have to be compliant and consistent

[@evanvopal4180]

This guy is a legend

[@apolyedapolyed7524]

I love these 11minutes of educational info.

[@jessepinkmeng1556]

great vid guys! Having knee pain sucks balls and this stuff feels great in the gym, really appreciate that you're making this public knowledge!

[@OTEET5]

I like this guy

[@Ali_ReBORN]

I rarely focus on youtube throughout any video as much as i do while absorbing contents like this of Ben’s explanations and demonstrations 👊🏻

[@mikeandrew7889]

I can’t even begin to tell you how happy I am for finding your channel. I’ve struggled with an lcl injury for 10 months which never healed with a tight hip and groin. Literally within a week of your guidance my range and pain level is massively improved. I honestly started to think that was me for live. I’m super active, running, cycling and fell walking/running but my lcl had broken me: i honestly can’t thank you enough

[@grumpyguss]

1 year since this comment. How're things going!?

[@mikeandrew7889]

@@grumpyguss Hi Eric - I'm thrilled to say it's all going really well. My knee has been golden this calendar year. I'm doing around 5 hours a week or running/cycling without any issues at all.

[@jazzperez8244]

Did you have a rupture on your ligaments? Or “just” tear?

[@daronheggie7780]

@@mikeandrew7889 I'm glad to hear how well you're doing. I consider myself a life time athlete no knees pains or nothing. Age 57 doing CrossFit "Feeling Super" I increased the weight by 50lbs. and injured my knee( Fred G would say "big dummy"). I'm going to incorporate these movements and see how it goes🤞Thanks for sharing!

[@adamisaac4685]

I need a trainer like YOU!!! I need your help Ben. 6’5, 180 pounds. I am currently on disability after a back injury. I have been disconnected from my body for a long time, and have become depressed over the years from mind, body, Spirit, being out of alignment. No balance. But something has happened after watching your videos. Your passion is truly amazing. I mean Your more pumped and working harder than your student!?!? You LOVE what your doing. And it shows. Anyways... I WANT MY BODY BACK, It’s not too late for me. Signed up to start swimming 4 days a week in the morning just to get my muscles activated again. Need to start slow. Thanks again Ben.

[@rodrigotkm8429]

This is one of the most valuable videos on the lower workout, in existence! Everything, nice and slow, safe and GREAT, GREAT VALUE! Practical value.

[@whitewolf6730]

This guy is like a PT genius!

[@postiepistolpete1985]

Thank you. I've been depressed about my knee cartilage damage. You give me hope that I can fix and reverse my clunky knee. PRP treatment has definitely improved it

[@khalidelbahraui9219]

Peace be upon you. I have erosion of cartilage in the knees. I am 26 years old. I have a mother with both. Can I start exercises or a program that I can follow? Thank you

[@bensaidyelhassan1453]

I have the same probleme ..any progression..did u do the programm

[@gabrielaforrest6378]

Great video! Keep on posting 👏👏 just started posting some workout videos myself

[@WhereToFind]

Great video , followed along as he explained everything before bed and my knees feel great.2 x post acl surgeries 2016/2017 w/ 1-2 basketball 2-3 hour sessions per week

[@UnpaintedOG]

Almost blew out my whole ACL when I was 14 (27 now) and didn't rehab it correctly. I wish I had someone like this guy to help me after. I went to a generic PT that barely did anything for me. I went from running a 4.5 40yrd dash before ACL tear to around a 4.8-4.9 after with a lot of knee/hamstring pain while sprinting. Pretty much ruined my future in explosive athletics.

[@sbstaysharp25]

Get it back , you can do it .

[@narnianninja4964]

It's never too late, you can still do it!!!

[@LiseBarrett]

This is by far one of the most interesting and instructional training videos. I always walk a certain portion of my daily backwards-healing and strengthening at multiple levels. I'm going to add these exercises in. Much Love-Thanks Guys!

[@joe1071]

Yo, I feel you on the Nordics. I tried and with barely any mobility felt like my hammies were going to blow! I gotta ease into these

[@vicapple6663]

Ben changed my life. Lifting is everything to me and I was having right knee tendonitis for over a year with no change until I started ATG

[@manjitchowdhary9724]

Looks impressive

[@thecrazyslopoke]

My God, Ben has so much energy.

[@danwatson2461]

Ben is legit the man, game changing shit

[@yaqo6577]

Mark was smart to get him on his channel

[@jasonthieme8926]

Ruptured my quad tendon and am 3 weeks post op. After PT I'm going to use a program like this. Glad I came across it

[@user-po5ri7uz6j]

I am 58 and have been training my body since my teens, I wish I learned this stuff then. Going forward I need to incorporate these tips, looking forward to getting pain free again. Thank you for sharing !

[@Peoplespilates]

Thank you!! Got to know of you from Bob and Brad! Super!!

[@adampaulda]

Awesome

[@scopasbrune1009]

went ahead and got a subscription and started my rehab/knee strengthening this morning - you always have the quality guests, Mark - thanks

[@stale9035]

How has it gone so far?

[@GenXPower]

Wow.... this is life changing for me. I compete in powerlifting at the age of 46, but I have had ACL replacement and my knees are not the best. I can squat with no issues, but every day life stuff can be difficult. I have needed this for so long. This is going to change the quality of my life exponentially.

[@ishakojonskis213]

Love your work brother. Always try your stuff as my knees are weak. Been to physio’s but they don’t do crap. They say I have runners knee when I don’t even run. They say it’s patella tendinitis. Both of the bones of my knees stick out pretty far. So I just try your workouts. See if they help. It’s come better but still get knee pains from too much running. Or intense leg workouts.

[@shadowwarrior2030]

Thanks KoT guy. My psoas is feeling great now

[@ryuzclown1]

you can just see the love!

[@_Aaron_G_]

His enthusiasm and knowledge is awesome!! Great work 👍🏼💪🏼

[@bear5945]

It's a mindset

[@_Aaron_G_]

@@bear5945 hell yeah!!! 💪🏼 Plus some horny goat weed :P

[@jeremiahphelps7572]

Thank you so much for this information. As a lifelong athlete who is still playing competitive sports into his mid 30's I have suffered my fair share of knee injuries and dealt with what I thought was going to be life long knee pain and now I have some hope and a direction to go in to eliminate the pain.

[@jasonpatio8338]

Brilliant

[@moegsienismail3389]

I am a karate instructor had a knee operation 3 years ago started training after 2 months of being operated was getting better but knee pains where always there but after I met you on this app doing your training for a month only issh I feel like brand new and I will be 63 this year thanks so much for sharing your experience may god bless you and I incorporated all your training in my classes

[@theDudeAbid3s]

I'm definitely going to experiment with that partial ghr(?), lots of cool ideas.

[@anitasullivan7901]

Excellent information, wish you could do a video that would help knees and only using basic home equipment. I am doing what I can from your videos at home and I am finding amazing results. Thank you so much. 🙏🙌👍💕

[@pintorespanol6123]

The program is amazing.. obvious, you've to work a lot first, but then you got it.

[@steveomcbigarms]

It's definitely a different approach to strength training and rehabilitation. The power of utilising alternative movements to improve performance should not be underestimated.

[@jasonpatio8338]

At age 44 , life long martial artist and athlete here , these days its all about healing and longevity for me. I look back at some of the reckless aggressive training sessions I had in my 20 's. Overtraining as an over confident youth. These days I love learning small tips and tricks for my solo homes gym workouts.

[@AnaGfit23]

I would love to meet him, we have basically the same style of training clients, very animated, constantly moving demo-ing, cueing, and using touch as feedback for proper movement, rom, and muscle engagement. Constant repetition and explanation of what is happening in real time and why, quoting both studies and personal experience left and right. I know it’s not everyone’s style, and I’m biased since we are similar, but I think that’s a sign of a really good trainer.

[@danniseliger5172]

That crunching sound when Mark did the sizzy squats :D

[@mofojohnson1]

Ben is a beast

[@borntobewild4073]

Love this kind of surprises!! I've been calling this kind of exercises agressive phisiotherapy since I dig on it to fully recover personal setbacks and clients injurys that the REAL physios didn't or couldn't. Shame to all the professionals out there in any field that don't have the passion and only think about money, instead of the joy of knowing how our reality works and solving problems.

[@86lanzo]

As someone who dislocated my patella during basic training..this is all stuff I'm gonna do to help with my knee pain

[@chickox]

Ben is the man!!! Been doing his stuff for 2 year and I've never felt healthier!

[@troycross2858]

What are the biggest improvements you have noticed?

[@swiper1131]

@@troycross2858 I've been doing his stuff for ~year. I won't answer for Chris but for me it's just less pain in normal activity. For example, if I had to take stairs a year ago today.. I could do it, but I was like pushing off of my lower leg while trying to walk up with my other leg. I walked 3 flights yesterday without a single ounce of pain and was pushing through with the actual leg I was walking up stairs with. I can't say I've noticed a ton of difference in regards to lifting, but I'm waaay more flexible because of the ATG Zero flexibility protocol which I do ~3x a week.

[@troycross2858]

@@swiper1131 thanks for the reply.

[@chickox]

@@troycross2858 absolutely less pain. As a jumper and an athlete in my 30s, the mentality of just having the confidence to attack something with no thought or hesitation of pain is worth the money alone. Plus your legs start looking realllllll nice 👌🏼

[@troycross2858]

@@chickox thanks for the reply. I pulled my hamstring back in the 7th grade. If I don’t warm up a lot(even if I do sometimes) when I sprint I will start to feel it pull again. I’ve been worried about tearing or pulling it again. I think I might have to start his program once I’m done with my current certification. I think that’s great to have that kind of confidence as I know don’t want to have those negative thoughts in the back of my mind. I was diagnosed with ankle arthritis in my right ankle after the army. That took me years to figure out as I refused to go on pain meds for my many injuries in the military. I’m glad to hear other people success stories as it always got me down seeing so many of my fellow soldiers on pain killers. I would try to encourage them and others but constantly called a conspiracy theorist. It truly makes me happy seeing other people heal their bodies.

[@PinkyTherian]

+1 on the background song

[@AjaychinuShah]

Interesting the innovative squat rack hold & release mechanism... flaps up and down right amount.

[@christophervaca7116]

Patrick's energy is contagious. I feel like I left a sales meeting.

[@tomwelshshore]

Im not sure some one has been so easily accessible to learn with short easy video's