Pain in Knee Cap

"AT" <> Charle Tuna is one of his many names. He used three different names
in
> the dog thread. I imagine he will start arguing with himself soon.
>
Sorry. I guess I should just be a one-name turd like you. There is real
class. A-T recognized everywhere as: A Turd.
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"Hobbes" <> Deep squats are the best thing you can do for your knee health.
I think
> anyone not doing them is nuts.
>

Heavy weights or just for the sake of exercise? My knees always hurt when I
do them. I never do them any more. Now if I started again, I am concerned
that it will be easier to pop my knees.

I know I am not the only one that never does Squats. Of 100 people or so
that I see regularly at the gym, maybe 8-10 of them ever do Squats. So if
the average person that never does Squats wanted to try them, is their
chance of injury alot greater than for the person that has been doing them
since youth?
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In article <V_IRe.10688$xw1.8342@bignews6.bellsouth.net>,
"Traffic Police" <TrafficPolice.DeleteThis@earthlink.com> wrote:

> "Hobbes" <> Deep squats are the best thing you can do for your knee health.
> I think
> > anyone not doing them is nuts.
> >
>
> Heavy weights or just for the sake of exercise? My knees always hurt when I
> do them. I never do them any more. Now if I started again, I am concerned
> that it will be easier to pop my knees.
>
> I know I am not the only one that never does Squats. Of 100 people or so
> that I see regularly at the gym, maybe 8-10 of them ever do Squats. So if
> the average person that never does Squats wanted to try them, is their
> chance of injury alot greater than for the person that has been doing them
> since youth?
>
I don't think heavy squats are necessary. But squatting is a natural
movement that people don't get anymore with sedentary lifestyles and
chairs. it should be done. Bodyweight squats are fine for general
health, IMO.

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Keith
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In article <V_IRe.10688$xw1.8342@bignews6.bellsouth.net>,
"Traffic Police" <TrafficPolice.DeleteThis@earthlink.com> wrote:

> "Hobbes" <> Deep squats are the best thing you can do for your knee health.
> I think
> > anyone not doing them is nuts.
> >
>
> Heavy weights or just for the sake of exercise? My knees always hurt when I
> do them. I never do them any more. Now if I started again, I am concerned
> that it will be easier to pop my knees.
>
> I know I am not the only one that never does Squats. Of 100 people or so
> that I see regularly at the gym, maybe 8-10 of them ever do Squats. So if
> the average person that never does Squats wanted to try them, is their
> chance of injury alot greater than for the person that has been doing them
> since youth?
>
>

Serious question here. Do you squat deep or partial?

--
Keith
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OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> IMHO "Charlie Tuna" is a troll?

Say that 10 times very fast. Sounds like 'tuna roll'.

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Jock
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"Hobbes" < Serious question here. Do you squat deep or partial?
>
Have not done Squats since High School. 20 years ago.
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Traffic Police wrote:
> "Hobbes" wrote:

>> Deep squats are the best thing you can do for your knee health.
>> I think anyone not doing them is nuts.
>
> Heavy weights or just for the sake of exercise? My knees always hurt when I
> do them. I never do them any more.

Poor form and lifting too heavy can do that.

> I know I am not the only one that never does Squats. Of 100 people or so
> that I see regularly at the gym, maybe 8-10 of them ever do Squats.

Big deal. People don't do them case they are difficult.

> So if
> the average person that never does Squats wanted to try them, is their
> chance of injury alot greater than for the person that has been doing them
> since youth?

Not if this person starts out slow and trains smart. Trying to see how
much weight one can do after the first week or two is not smart.
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In article <YAERe.39630$32.6309@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
"Sanbar" <sanbar.TakeThisOut@wi.rr.com> writes:
> I did a few squats and deadlifts a couple of days ago and I have a little
> pain under my left knee cap on the inside. It feels like I banged my knee
> into a table softly. Any reason for concern. The pain is mild, but steady.

Sounds like what happened to my right knee, maybe 8 or 9 months ago,
after I did my normal round of ATTG body-weight squats one morning.
In my case the pain became so bad, for a while, that I had difficulty
walking. The problem gradually went away and now no longer troubles
me. I still feel a bit of mild discomfort in that knee from
time-to-time.

I've been doing just-below-parallel squats on a squat machine at my
fitness club since the beginning of March. Neither that, nor the leg
extensions nor leg curls have been a problem.

When I move from machines to free-weights, or at least add
free-weights to my routine, I expect to do (try?) ATTG squats with
weight. Keith says they're good for your knees, and he strikes me as
one of the more knowledgeable, and more sane, regulars here .

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Hobbes wrote:
> I don't think heavy squats are necessary. But squatting is a natural
> movement that people don't get anymore with sedentary lifestyles and
> chairs. it should be done. Bodyweight squats are fine for general
> health, IMO.
>


I kinda agree, I only do squats with two 10Kg or 12.5Kg dumbells
Does the trick for me. Actually exhausts me more than some of the
other heavier weighted exercises I do.
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Hobbes wrote:
> Serious question here. Do you squat deep or partial?

I always go deep, but with light weights.
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