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@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
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