Knee workouts

Youtube kneesovertoesguy. All kinds of suggestions, gym, at-home, whatever your situation is, he has exercise suggestions.

What the other two posters said are great.

But if you’re having trouble hunting in the mountains, I’d imagine it’s the incline/decline going up and down. That usually means you are having pain behind your kneecap. You need to work on quad strengthening and hamstring flexibility.

Start out with very light weight knee extensions and only go halfway down. Barely any weight at all and do 30 reps or so on each leg. I can link some more exercises when I get to my office later.

Go see a PT or trainer that’s used to seeing people in pain

hack squat machine with feet placement very low on the platform. No weights on the bar until you feel ready to add them. (assuming you belong to a gym with this machine available). This is certainly not a knee machine but rather a machine that will work muscles surrounding the knees both front and rear.

All of these suggestions are good but you need to consider hip and glute strength affecting knees. Even one visit to a PT can help you get an idea of where your issues truly are so you aren’t wasting time focusing on muscles that aren’t really the issue.

With all due respect to your friend, unless your 65+ and haven’t done anything physical in years, how would any of these exercises provide enough resistance to move the needle for an adult in average shape?