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I've noticed now that I've been going heavier on squats and leg press that I'm starting to develop a bit of knee pain inside the joint for a day or two after legs day.

I've seen powerlifters use those blue neoprene knee wraps, I suppose it's to protect their joints.

Anybody here tried a knee wrap / brace before?

 

Might try adjusting your stance first, angle/width of your feet. Also, where your knees are when you are in the squat position. Level to or behind the toes is where you want them, never in front of your toes. If you have all these taken care of, lower the weight a bit.

I don't use wraps ever.

 

how long have most of you been working out?

also sean, holy hell, i wouldnt even think once about messin with you without peein my pants in fear

 

I've never had issues with my knees. I tend to work out with the weight that my body can handle. Not using back braces, but using my core strength. If you have to use a brace, you're muscles aren't doing the work to support you, aka...you're lifting weight you're not strong enough to lift. That's a sure way to injure yourself! Put the fact that when you lift heavy weights you're not strong enough to lift with your own support and muscles, you can get bad form. Sure recipe for injury.

 

Bull-oh-ney!

 

I've been consistent for about 5 years. Habitual for 3. lol

 

Lift big get big?

So fuck the small weights?

 

I disagree with this post.

Some people genetically cannot get big, regardless of how they lift.

 

Thanks for the info Sean. I checked out bioposture.com but it brought me to a memory foam mattress site??

By close grip I'm assuming you mean narrow stance? Cause I've been doing narrow stance leg press the last few weeks with my feet together after wide stance squats. I'll also try placing my feet higher on the leg press platform so the movement is more similar to my squat as far as knee / foot position at the bottom of the movement.

The Rehband knee sleeve seems to be a good one as well (it's the brand the guy on the powerlifting videos on bb.com is wearing when he demonstrates the exercises). I suppose any sleeve that keeps the knees warm and offers some compression will do the trick.

 

Go heavy but keep your form perfect. Don't be one of those guys using twice the weight he can handle and his form goes to shit. Check out bodybuilding.com for proper technique, they've got a demo video for pretty much every exercise you can think of.