knee pain report after ATF squats

[kiosk]

Well, before I took on everyone's recommnedation here to move from "squats to parallel" to ATF I was a little worried because I was having knee discomfort for a long time and had actually stopped squatting all together...
Well, guess what? a while after I started ATF squats (5x5) now my knee pain is completely gone!! even with my knees traveling beyond my toes below parallel I dont have any discomfort at all anymore

well thats the good part, the sucks part is that now my right ankle (outer) hurts....wtf??? is this some imbalance?

 

[cwc73]

change your toe angle. Too much angle outwards can cause some of those symptoms for me anyway.

 

[coolcolj]

stretch your calves at all?

 

[cwc73]

I have been told that calf tightness can hamper squating very significantly.

 

[kiosk]

umm...dont know, how do you know if you need stretch your calves?

 

[musketeer]

It's the stretch in your quads that you get from squatting ATF that has "healed" the knees. ALSO, sort you ankle by doing This:

Point and flex your toe about 100 times, and then draw 100 circles with you toe (reversing direction every 10 or so), making them as wide as possible. Takes about 5 mins each but often improves bloodfow and relieves tight muscles and tendons in the ankle.

 

[Guinness5.0]

It's the stretch in your quads that you get from squatting ATF that has "healed" the knees.

I imagine that the stabilization that occurs as a result of the hamstrings pulling on the knees plays a large part as well.

 

[NorgePrecision]

ATF floor squat are great! I just might do them again today even though its upper body day. Dammit!

 

[Kouta]

i have had a little trouble with me knees, when i first started ATF squats it got worse at the start but after a little while it got better and now my knees feel great.