Long distance running, for example, is a high impact activity that won't exactly prepare your legs for squats, but increase your risk of shin splints and
painfully swollen knees instead, and HIIT cardio is also a bad idea — you need your legs to be fresh and ready for the heavier part of the training.
Frances had been a martyr for many years to gout, a cruel and painful disease that caused various joints on her body — her fingers, her toes, her elbows, her
knees — to
swell painfully.