Questions about knees

+1 brandell

6 knee operations and still going

Capt - the only ppl in the world who squat ass to heels are powerlifters   it's fine to do light and as a warmup but heavy......not unless you're a young pup w. great brand new shiny knees.

I recommend lots of quad and hammy and abductor and adductor machines to help build strength.

Next - step ups and lunges - again very light or just bodyweight - for stabilizers.

Next = light squats finding your depth and ROM.

Next - when feeling very confident - move to front squats - again focusing on perfect form.

Next - backsquats 1/4 heavy.

Work your way up the ladder and you'l come out the other side fine.

Grinding knees are part of life past a certain point.

Luck!

Going to try anything that can do that for Hapy - I'm in.

My high school and college and pro coaches were 1/4 squat guys and by my 2nd year at Texas I was 2 knee operations in and by my 3rd year in the pros 6 operations in.

So maybe it's cause it makes my panties ride up?   and hurts?

 gets scary waaaay down there.

Old dawg learnin' a new one.

OK .

Did em as low as I could make my knees go - just a broomstick - fronts and backs.

ouch

took several tries to get down there afap - and it ain't atg , but my best first try. Did maybe 20 of each looking for depth.

then I trained 4 ppl .

Just did a front and a back - stick again - and sank waay down(er) w NO PAIN.

wowifeellikeabigdummassissygirlwhosbeenmissingtheboatfor38ye ars.

but I feel like a 13 year old just getting under his first bar.

Thanks guys

Brian - I plan on using these as warm ups - couple sets of 10 or so.

Felt much better w. fronts vs backs.

Hey Baab, any updates on this? Based on your rec (and Brandell and the cool one) I tried ATG fronts again, first time in a few years. Reps with 135# were fine, but Saturday I did 225# - ouch! Knees are sore and arthritic and achey again (this was after heavy pow snatches, but pretty sure it was the fronts).

Thanks for the wisdom. 135 and under it is.

Weird thing is that, despite not squatting much the last few years my snatches are better than ever. Hit 225# for a triple on Saturday, and that's with me being down 10+ lbs. Must be all that clean living!

And doing short "sprints" in various agility styles - fountain of youth for athleticism.

Isn't it nice to be the lab rats for masters training?

captjamie wrote: So last night I am doing my workout and I decide to add some weight to my squats (I can only put 95lbs on my bar, it's all the weights i got right now) I put 85 lbs on and do 3 front and 3 back squats and it feels great. I had intended to up it to 95 during my third and last set. From the squats I start doing some lunges 1o left no prob. THEN on the 3rd right lunge bang goes the right knee and down I go. f@#$ did it hurt, so I try some ATG squats with just a bar for balance no noise and no pain, but when I walk I got pain in the knee What the heck is going on? Hurt llike hell climbing the stairs after. Anyone got any ideas.

Were you doing lunges with the weight or with no additional weight?  Forward type lunges, correct?  Not to the side?

It seems like your right leg was not as strong as the left (not unusual with right handed people--they are left-legged).  That could be related to a number of issues in the hips and low back: the right knee just was the part of the chain that failed.

I'm not practicing medicine: if it is not improving after about a week of mindful squatting, I'd suggest you visit a physician to check and rule out anything more serious.  If your knee failed without a twisting action in your fall, you probably will come back faster: you may have strained a muscle.  A twist might have injured 1 or more knee ligaments.

Let us know how it comes out!

Teresa Merrick, Ph.D./Bellevue, NE