I started Chalean Extreme 2 weeks ago. I've started to notice a problem in my right knee. I've never had knee problems but noticed this knee performing sub-par for awhile now (before the CE workout). I've been careful with it because I don't want an injury.
Many of the exercises in this video require lunging forward while holding weights in both hands (in my case, 15-20 lb. weights). When I push off to stand from the lunge, my knee does NOT like it. I have concentrated on proper form (keep the knee over the ankle NOT over the toes) but it's just too much on my knee.
My one of my old FIRM videos had you do lunges with the forward foot landing on a step box so that you weren't falling forward all the way to the ground. To increase the intensity, you just sink deeper in the lunge. Pushing off from the box to standing is easier. Does this seem like a reasonable modification? I don't want to quit the CE videos but I can't continue to do them the way she does without creating an injury. Strap a 50 lb. fat suit on half the chicks in that video and they probably couldn't do it either! LOL!