knees-- squats

[macho21]

Need some advice. Squats are killing my knees. Should i rap my knees, or check my form. Any advice please!

 

[punkassmofo]

check form. Make sure your knees are not wobbleing around or stance isnt to wide. I noticed if I squat with a WIDE stance it hurts my knees.

 

[DaCypher]

Thats interesting, I do my squats with a wider than hip width stance. I've always been told to do them with a wider stance because it takes less stress off the knee, which is especially important for me because I had ACL surgery. Also, check out this page for more information on squating health issues.

 

[needsize]

Make sure you are warming up thoroughly, it takes me forever to get to my working weight but I squat really heavy and haven't had knee pain in ten years.
Unless you are doing a single rep max, WRAPS ARE THE DEVIL! They will only make your knees weaker as the will do the work for them while the rest of your legs get stronger.

 

[Bigsatan13]

Are you squatting below parallel?

 

[punkassmofo]

Hey DaCypher, I didnt mean everyone I meant me. Sorry. I was just saying check form cause for ME if I go to wide It hurts my knees. Sorry for the confusion. Needsize you are correct also, It takes me about 5 warm up sets till I get to my worksets or my hips and knees are not ready and my back for that matter.....

 

[The mann]

all good answers...cuase it could be any of them....form,not warming up properly,do you have previous injuries....look at these things before adding wraps.you might just be putting a band aid on somehthing that you should address.........

 

[PhiKap_09]

how long have your knees been bothering you?

how is your form now? i've had 2 knee scopes and re-occuring bilateral hamstring tears. this was back in 97 (tears) and the scopes were in 90. my quads used to be stronger than my hamstrings, due to training my quads harder....i used to hate squats because i was afraid to ask for help on my form. now, i love squats and i've not had any problems for almost a year now......plus my measurements have increased since then as well. start off w/a lighter weight to do a warm up set to 12 reps slow. then gradually increase your weight but ck your stance and go to parallel (grab a bench and set it between your legs as your "parallel" marker). good luck.

 

[b fold the truth]

Warm up, and do box squats. Your knees should not go fwd when squatting this way...they should be straight up and down.

I have always done deep full squats, with very little to no knee pain.

B True

 

[DaCypher]

punkassmofo,

I didn't mean to say you were wrong, I just wanted to give more opinions on the matter.

Also, if you point your toes slightly outward, that may change the stress on the knees as well.