Knees

Monday, take a bit longer to warmup and on your last warmup set, if it feels sketchy it is. For instance, if your working weight is 225 and your last warmup set at 185 feels rough, just call it over.

My knees absolutely suck. I use wraps to give some extra support and it’s alleviated undue stress. Give them a whirl.

I've had my knees repaired more times than I care to admit to and I am and have always been overweight so at 25 I've got 60 year old man knees.

If it continues, some of the biggest relief I've gotten have come from incorporating tumeric into my supplement regimen, as well as creatine.

I also avoid running on squat days and that helps a ton. Plus going lower weight and higher reps on any weights has helped.

Peak training for me is about 25-30mpw with 4 days lifting, plus walking about half the day at work. I definitely feel it when I'm pushing up to those mileages and lifting heavy, but can get pain free again pretty quickly.

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I’ve checked him out. The army ruined mine. I can’t run for shite now.

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mine to until i found him and started implimenting many of the things i used to do pre army when i used to do dc training and even before that in HS when i was a catcher.

start with the tib raises almost daily and then slowly work the progressions on the ATG split squat then move to the sissy squats.

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OP...I would prolly listen to your body and back off a week if you have been at it a few weeks without a break. But see how it feels on monday.

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I kept everything the same on Monday and felt fine. No pain or anything. I’ll hold the weight one more time before continuing to add load, but I’m also considering adding reps instead of load. It’s 5x5 right now but maybe I’ll work up to 5x10 before adding weight and back to 5x5.

ETA: there never was pain and I have no history of knee issues or injury. Just nervous because I’m in my late thirties and haven’t done a consistent lifting routine before.

That would make it easier to know what weight to increase to and still be close on how difficult the sets will be. Thanks. So start at 5x5, then 5x6 if no fails and good form, then 5x7, and finally increase load at 5x5?

Usually increase in volume at same intensity lead to an increase in growth especially as you get closer to failure. That's why I like the gslp better than stronglifts or starting strength as you push last set to failure.

Have you had your technique checked?

No. Been trying to watch instructions on YT to keep it in my mind though. Need to record myself so I can see.