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Plebs

Here's a free one

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@Reinhard Wolff youre the best fam

i nominate you for leader of IE

*Highlyglorious*

You got it.

One day we will all be as glorious as the golden one

*become who the golden one is*

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If you guys have never used knee sleeves for leg day I highly recommend

Wraps work even better if wrapped right

Got a brand you recommend?

Yeah I'll post in a sec

Give me like 15 min

I've got a pair of knee sleeves but i don't always use em anymore

They only sell them one at a time tho

So you have to buy 2

Okay. Thanks

SBD

They're the best brand

But I compete in powerlifting so I was okay with the extra shekels for the quality

For something cheaper I can't speak to the quality of the ones provided but I'm sure our brother wouldn't steer you wrong

yeah i dished out a bit for some nice ones too

Be very careful about knee braces

If you use the wrong kind of brace for the issue you have, you will make it worse.

If you put compression on the wrong part of your knee it may increase the amount of strain on wherever it is that you're having an issue

I did this when I was in high school when I had meniscus problems. I bought a compression knee brace that ended up making my issue worse because it was compressing the wrong part of the knee

i try to just eliminate as much knee travel as possible and really focus on using hip rom

no knee problems now

plus i made my posterior chain dominant instead of quads

really helped

Nice

@JohnStrasser How do you know if it's straining the wrong part of the knee?

@Deleted User just a heads up as well I ordered 2 mediums and they shipped me a med and a large on accident

Might be worth going with sbd instead

@Deleted User buy either SBD, STrong, or Rehband knee sleeves.

If you buy the cheap shit, it will do a shit job and won't last very long.

i have rehbands, they're good quality

@Nick-NJ How do you know if the sleeve isn't assisting the knee in load balancing?

I can usually tell by how snug the fit is and by the thickness of the sleeve

The best sleeves are all neoprene and are labelled in terms of whether they go on the right or left knee

@Deleted User know what's wrong with your knee and find the right brace for your issue

@JohnStrasser I'm not sure what's wrong with them, they just hurt in the joint when I squat or walk up stairs etc etc

Been like that for a couple of years now

would you say the pain is directly in the middle of you knee

My family has a history of knee replacements

Yeah

also does jumping hurt

Its in the joint

sounds like meniscus

Jumping doesn't hurt that much

Its not a lot of pain

But it's noticeable, like a bruise I guess

depending on how serious the tear is, its not always that painful

could be a minor tear

Interesting

I'll talk to a doc

research laterall meniscus tears

Thx

@Deleted User do you experience a lot of knee valgus when squatting?

Valgus? @Nick-NJ#9920

@Deleted User knees bent inward

"knocking knees"

Knees bent inward? Eww. That sounds like snap city

It's very common depending on your skeletal structure. I'm prone to valgus when squatting, and it's the main culprit of my knee pain

^^^

Gotta work on that hip strength. I started falling into it for a while But have largely fixed it bow

Now*

I have it but not much, may 3-5 degrees of it @Nick-NJ

@everyone Anybody here who went from being in pretty bad shape to being in pretty good shape? How long did your transformation take and what all did you do to get in shape?

how out of shape are you?

how overweight/underweight and where are your baseline lifts right now?

Went from being 230lbs with chest pain and a tobacco problem at the end of 2015 to 170 at my lowest a year ago. That was solely because of diet change. Sedentary lifestyle persisted for a while.
Since then I got more active, going through a few months of daily weight room work, but I lost interest in bulking and bought a road bike.
Ultimately bringing me to today where I’m more interested on cardio and endurance events and functional strength.
It all started by my feeling like shit daily and quitting tobacco and weekly drinking. Little steps and small personal victories work wonders on your willpower

I'm not particularly underweight but I'm kinda small. I have no idea what baseline lifts are

It’s always best to start with the smallest lifts possible (e.g. bar only) in order to master the form

Some exercises like deadlift have 135lb minimum weight since the bar has to rest high enough off the floor

Tbh I've never lifted in a gym

I exercise at work. I don't really have the time or access to a gym.

@everyone this should be the Avatar for this chat.