REID: Huge "Thank you" for you; Man, I'm amazed @ how much your 1st technique (push off heel) helps to help take the stress off my poor knee. When kitted, it helps big time. As always, Reid, I've learned a new technique that actually works. God bless you & yours.
Thanks Reid for the encouragement and techniques for us Die Hard Patriots. At 69, I wish I could make it up there to do some training and explore to exceed my limitations. Cool video. Long time subscriber from Florida.
Yeah, they don't want you to kneel on those replacements at all. I've had both knees replaced as well, years ago. I tried it once earlier this year. I hurt like hell for a while, but it taught me a lesson.
Thanks for reminding us about the rifle “smoke and gag” exercises. Might I also mention resistance bands as a method of low impact strength and agility training. Though I’m not the model of resistance band dedication, exercises helped me with my hereditarily bad back and neck. And once I had to include in my range instructions after covering the four safety rules was that Glock 22s were not canes to be used to get down int or recover from the kneeling or prone.
The explanation of alternate methods of training to properly kneel through practicing lunges reminds me of the exercises I've done in karate class that the Okinawans traditionally used Sanchin Jars, named after one of the stances used in their martial arts. Those jars were filled with sand and essentially used for the same and similar purpose as milk jugs, etc. that Reid suggests as substitutes for practicing lunges in full kit.
This is great stuff. Practical stuff you can use. Next video: how to keep the sweat out of your eyes (Ha!). Recommendation: wear a plain polo shirt. Protects against chaffing the neck with the sling. You can also Duck/gorillla tape the back of the collar - and still look 'fashionable'.
When you showed the holding the rifle above your head and do squats, my mind immediately went to holding the rifle by the front sight straight out in front of you with your thumb and pinky finger. Kind of a boot camp flashback there.
Great video for me personally, because I'm getting up in years(read:OLD😉), and I have had 2 catastrophic ACL injuries in my left knee. The push back technique is going to be really helpful. ❤❤
Off topic question - I watch most of your videos and am always wondering what is the purpose of your front sight being pushed back from the end of the rail? Thanks
Great lesson Reid. I’ve had 2 knee scopes and fused L4 L5 and honestly what brought me out of the fog was burpees. Started with 2 a day and after year I’m up to 20 every other day. That strengthen my lower back and knees and created muscle around those injuries
If I may add Sir, stretching first before the lunges. A lot of people, old (specially) but more concerning are young folks have a poor range of motion. Thank you for the pointers, they help a lot.
I didn’t realize it was that easy and I’m pretty agile for a big guy but getting from one knee to standing is hard but I can do squats very easily and I’m 350lbs but I own a commercial cleaning and janitorial company with my wife and we still work jobs all day long so we don’t get lazy. Now I do have a huge stature and not just fat, a lot of skin left over from losing a ton of weight.
My right knee doesn't fold all the way for some reason, so that forward-leaning kneeling position looks quite useful Walking lunges are great for building a leg strength, and if you get strong enough they can become cardio too
I appreciate that you talk about how health issues using firearms and how to adapt I may be wrong but sometimes I kinda feel like some instructors don't consider this I saw a video of one instructor who was talking about holding the shotgun to the shoulder and he said if you can't hold the gun up I would say get a lighter gun but I say you need to do more push ups. I found this very stupid and idiotic because people have arm and shoulder issues
Reid I'm 6'5 very flexible my acl and other stuff like that isn't best from growing so fast. I'm 30 mobility is perfect getting back into cardio lunges help stretch alot
Same. I'm 6'4 and built like a fuggin tank at 250 can easily pick my body weight up above my head and still have wicked endurance but my knees are beat from skateboarding up until a major knee injury at 19. I've been getting back into cardio and stretches again as well. A body in motion stays in motion
@tylarhaugan7908 good on ya bro. Ever since I blew my lcl out 11yrs ago my knees have never been the same. Ended up doing a bunch of damage to my good knee compensating for the bad one during recovery. Been riding the bike with plates on 18 miles a week in 2 sessions and swimming almost every day trying to get back down to 210. I noticed eating more seafood thats high in collagen on top of daily stretch routines before work has definitely increased my flexibility.
Ive asked several questions on the last handful of videos and have never gotten any answers. Did my comments get deleted by RU-vid or is there just no sense of community on this channel?
@@charliefoxtrot5001 Thanks for caring. I asked several but the most pertinent was his reasoning for training with 5.56. Its my belief that tyranny, when it comes, will be enforced by our local Police who have tanks and swat teams and the like. They're heavily armored and won't be too bothered by 5.56, so shouldn't we be training with 308 battle rifles?
@@LightofRyga You seem to be highly motivated, but ask the wrong questions and clearly lack training. It's easy to get wrapped up in civil war fantasies. Start with the basics and go from there. Let me ask you this, why do you think you should be training with a .308 over a 5.56 rifle?
@@charliefoxtrot5001 308 takes out cover. It has more range. Its more intimidating. It does more damage against soft targets. 5.56 is a puny cartridge that's not really meant for battle. Reid wants us ready for anything, and of course these are tools for the job, and the job may vary, but we should be training for the worst in my opinion, so that we're ready for whatever comes. Im assuming Reids assumption is that we're all in cities and need light rifles to scoot around with, but Im off grid and I dont feel confident with my AR. Its a sporting rifle, not a battle rifle.
@@LightofRyga Intimidating? That's caliber masturbation! What barriers do you plan to shoot through? .308 ain't gonna penetrate an MRAP. You know what you will not hear in a single training class? Caliber discussions! That's gear head talk. Skills trump gear, plain and simple. So, a loaded AR-10 is roughly 3.5 pounds heavier than a loaded AR-15. An AR-15 mag is roughly a pound. So, carrying a loaded AR-10 without any extra mags is the same weight as carrying a loaded AR-15 and 7 additional loaded mags. Oh and a single loaded AR-10 mag is roughly 1.8 pounds. Let that sink in for a moment. Most people that talk like this don't understand that you may need to walk for miles or run uphill with that gear to save your own life. There is a reason why Reid focuses on a practical lightweight and not a tacticool range clown approach. The funny thing is, the skills learned with an AR-15 are transferrable to an AR-10. You just need to know what you are doing. Get some training! PS: I own both, AR-15 and AR-10, so I know what I am talking about.
