Knee Compressions Good?

[darthtraderbeta]

My knees are shot so I always box squat. I wouldn't even consider doing regular squats. At least for me, the pain is from the bottom of the squat that you take away with a box squat.

 

[game]

My knees are shot so I always box squat. I wouldn't even consider doing regular squats. At least for me, the pain is from the bottom of the squat that you take away with a box squat.

Great idea!

 

[Baron]

rather than give up squats because they hurt one of your knees when you go heavy, why not warm up with lighter squats rather than lighter extensions before you go medium-heavy on leg presses?

P.S. Several sets of leg presses? I recall you upped your volume a bit a while back, but "several?" How many sets do you presently do per muscle group and how often? And what prompted the change?

I don't warm up with lighter squats because even those can cause me knee pain. I do leg extensions because I can make them very light to start, like 70lbs and then work up from there in 20lb increments.

And in regards to the number of set on leg presses, I usually do 3 or 4 sets of 20.

 

[speedo]

I don't warm up with lighter squats because even those can cause me knee pain. I do leg extensions because I can make them very light to start, like 70lbs and then work up from there in 20lb increments.

And in regards to the number of set on leg presses, I usually do 3 or 4 sets of 20.

Squats bother my knees but machine presses do not. They do strain my lumbar tho Think I will go to your program of lowering the weight and increasing the reps, that should work.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

I don't warm up with lighter squats because even those can cause me knee pain. I do leg extensions because I can make the very light to start, like 70lbs and then work up from there in 20lb increments.

Okay, so much for my "for the sake of argument."

And in regards to the number of set on leg presses, I usually do 3 or 4 sets of 20.

How often?