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Get off the demo and start trading real dollars...:)
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Just stating that when you posted a pic while back it looked like the only place you were driving to was dunkin donuts :p
 
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...I don't even squat anymore cuz I'd rather save my knees for running.
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Perhaps I am mistaken, but if the squats are done correctly, I don't think that the knees are at risk. I stopped doing squats a couple of years ago for a different reason, but a few years before that, someone at the gym showed me how to do them properly. For years, I thought I had done them properly but, apparently, I did not. I used to keep my upper body quite perpendicular to the ground, and I would go all the way down. Further, my heels were standing on 10-pound plates. All this I had read in a Weider book several years earlier. And I must admit, that my knees felt it somewhat.

Then, another member at the gym told me to remove the 10-pound plates, and to make sure that when I descended I only do so until my upper and lower legs reach a 90 degree angle, and no further. (In the past, I had always considered that to be a cop-out.) Most importantly, he advised that my knees should not protrude forward beyond the tip of my toes as I descended. That was the key. Doing so requires the torso to move at a forward angle relative to the manner I employed previously. It initially felt odd. However, the majority of the stress I felt was in the quads. Strain on the knees was incidental. Over time, my legs became better developed. Weider's book was wrong. I don't know how power lifters do it, but I am fairly convinced that bodybuilders and weekend warriors such as myself are best served by this approach.

Electric, as I understand it, you are or were a competitive bodybuilder. Please weigh in with your opinion.
 
Sounds correct. Keep your feet wide and toes facing forward and stand flat and stable. Take moderate weight and stretch before doing this movement. You can keep a log and go up in a measured pyramided fashion. All traders should keep a log.

I never made it to competition as I could not make it past pre-judging 15 years ago. I have trouble dieting and am a big guy. I go to the gym to get smaller..hehe.

Michael B.


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Perhaps I am mistaken, but if the squats are done correctly, I don't think that the knees are at risk. I stopped doing squats a couple of years ago for a different reason, but a few years before that, someone at the gym showed me how to do them properly. For years, I thought I had done them properly but, apparently, I did not. I used to keep my upper body quite perpendicular to the ground, and I would go all the way down. Further, my heels were standing on 10-pound plates. All this I had read in a Weider book several years earlier. And I must admit, that my knees felt it somewhat.

Then, another member at the gym told me to remove the 10-pound plates, and to make sure that when I descended I only do so until my upper and lower legs reach a 90 degree angle, and no further. (In the past, I had always considered that to be a cop-out.) Most importantly, he advised that my knees should not protrude forward beyond the tip of my toes as I descended. That was the key. Doing so requires the torso to move at a forward angle relative to the manner I employed previously. It initially felt odd. However, the majority of the stress I felt was in the quads. Strain on the knees was incidental. Over time, my legs became better developed. Weider's book was wrong. I don't know how power lifters do it, but I am fairly convinced that bodybuilders and weekend warriors such as myself are best served by this approach.

Electric, as I understand it, you are or were a competitive bodybuilder. Please weigh in with your opinion.
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Perhaps I am mistaken, but if the squats are done correctly, I don't think that the knees are at risk. . .
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No you're quite correct -- they're just hard for me and I'm just that much of a wuss. :)

Sorry cashmoney, I know you're looking for a serious answer, but like Electric said, you gotta try harder than that.
 
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No, I'm not :(


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Spoil sport!
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Come on. Don't be upset. As for your initial post to this thread, I don't think that markets move in quite the cookie-cutter fashion that you seem to allude to. If they do, please keep me posted, as I try to avoid thinking whenever possible.

As I see it, trading the markets is a bit more like trying to eat soup on a wobbly table.
 
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