knee soreness

[PCxPete]

after my leg workouts lately ive had a lot of soreness in behind my knee caps, im unsure as to whether this is muscle tiredness, or if im actually doing damage to my knees at all.

my leg w/o consists of,

squats, leg press, leg extensions, calf raises.

is this normal or should i be worried?

 

[CobraUTAH]

What other activities are you doing? When I train legs hard and try to play basketball as well my knees get sore.

 

[louden_swain]

I am willing to bet that your knees are drifting too far forward when you squat.

The squat is about hip strength. . .make sure you are sitting back as much as possible.

try performing some box squats.

Work with squat form. . this might be the problem. Also with leg press, use a shoulder width stance and leg the inner thighs travel next to the rib cage. . this will help eliminate stress off the knees.

For now, practice form. . . if possible post a video.

 

[Scotsman]

That can also be a result in an imbalance between your quad muscles. They will exert force on the knee cap if one is way stronger than the rest, or way weaker.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[louden_swain]

I can almost bet this is a result of squat form. . .really think about this.

 

[gymtime]

Are you using the machine for your squats?

 

[Scotsman]

Yes bad squat form can lead to the imbalance I mentioned. I know when I corrected my squat form my knees felt sooooo much better.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[PCxPete]

no machine, free weights and bar

ok that makes sense, ill try get some video and post it, im not set to do legs till next friday so ill do my best to post it then.

so i should just focus on really sitting back as far as i can without becoming unbalanaced?

and ill make sure i have my legs like that on the leg press to.

i play squash as well, but havnt since my last w/o which caused the knees to feel wierd so i doubt very much that its that.

 

[collegiateLifter]

post a video....

you haven't jumped up in poundage alot recently have you?

 

[louden_swain]

Make sure that you are treating the squat as a hip exercise and not a knee. Practice squatting over a low bench, box, or chair. Put those hips back.

 

[collegiateLifter]

Make sure that you are treating the squat as a hip exercise and not a knee. Practice squatting over a low bench, box, or chair. Put those hips back.

keep in mind stress on the knees, or anything is not inherently bad. Only excessive stress is bad.

 

[PCxPete]

nope havnt jumped the weight.

the more i think about it i know i come forward off my heals when im really struggling towards the end of my reps, so that could definatly be it, but ill definatly try some box squat like moves, could i get away using an flat bench? because we dont have boxes or anything at my gym.

ill definatly do my best to get some video, ill be doing legs on friday i think but would it maybe work if i just got a pole and filmed myself doing them at home? or do i really need some weights on there to see what im really doing?

 

[PCxPete]

ok i think it got it wired.

sorry no video but my camera has decided to drain the battery continuisly. the fuck.

anyway, squats yesterday, just spread out my stance an inch or two on each side and i hit a a ~25lb PR.

so stoked, plus no knee soreness at all!

oh yeh!

thanks to everyone who commented.

 

[Serea]

My left knee gets sore for about a day after doing squats. I think it's my form. I'm not leaning forward enough.

 

[PCxPete]

wouldnt you want to be sitting back as far as you can on squats?

or am i totally off?

 

[coolcolj]

Most probbaly due to tendonitus

ie overuse

tendons get sore you know, probbaly the ACL