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does anyone use anything for their knees. My knees kill me sometimes. Today I hit my legs super hard and almost fell down the dam stairs leaving....dont them phuckers know i push it hard and dont need any stairs to walk down...WTF is up with stairs at a gym????? I have blown out my knee 2 times and its the best it has been in a long time. i want to push it and try to gain some size on my legs, do you think knee wraps would help suport them?
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i don't like wrapping my knees.... what do you do on leg day ????
leg curls, reverse curls, squats,weighted leg press, weighted calv raises. i mix it up some days, but thats about it!
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Note: All of my advice and posts are merely for educational purposes I do not condone the use of steroids or any other illegal drugs. I am no doctor and my advice should be taken with a grain of salt, just like everyone else's hypothetical advice.
leg curls, reverse curls, squats,weighted leg press, weighted calv raises. i mix it up some days, but thats about it!
maybe on leg press do a little lower weight but high reps or even drop set them... if you can't get 50 reps drop the weight and keep going to you hit 50 ... sounds weird but it works
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Man, that looks like mine with one missing exercise. By far the best knee strengthening exercise there is. I take some db's, about 50 lbs, and I do 1 leg step ups on a flat bench for 10 to 12 reps each leg. This is NOT a power movement, it's a form movement. If you go too heavy the emphasis will shift to the wrong muscles and actually put more stress on the knee. You want something high enough that you start with close to a 90 degree bend. This exercise has totaly revived my knees over the last year and a half.
Also, as a bonus to knee strength, it really hits the inner quad and the adductors.
As far as wraps, I would only use then if I was maxing out. Any time to support a joint, any joint, externally, you actually weaken the integrity of the joint. All those guys who wear elbow sleeves, knee wraps, and all that other stuff are now dependent on those things because their joints would blow out if they didn't. Never get in the habit of using any external joint support for anything. I don't even wear a belt. The only time I will wear a belt is if I'm going 4 reps on squats or deads, but I do that very rarely so I don't keep my belt in my gym bag. Usually the lowest I go is 6 reps, sometimes 5.
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I agree all that support will only weaken ya, now if you are really hurtin' or going heavy sure,.. I do. I see guys put a belt on just to do 30lb curls for crying out loud ! nothing wrong with being careful bra.
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In the past the only time Ive used knee wraps is when I was trying out a new weight. Im talking 90lbs jumps, in squats and/or leg press. I used them when I first squatted 315, stop using them, then put them back on when attempted 405. One day on leg press I wrapped my knees for a 1klbs press. In all I use them more as a safety net.
I only use wraps when I'm about 6 weeks out from a meet and then only on very heavy sets. Your problem may be a form problem. I know of a lot of guys who have knee probs on squats from letting the knee go over the toes instead of trying to keep the shin as straight as possible. Also, an excellent knee prehab/rehab exercise is standing band leg extensions. I don't know if you have access to jump stretch bands, but you wrap an average (green) band around a staionary object like a power rack, loop the other end around your knee. You step back til you've reached the desired tension, allow the knee to bend forward without the heel coming up, and then lock it out. Do this for 15-20 reps a couple of times per week and see how it goes. For a more detailed description, and info on the jump stretch bands check out elitefts.
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