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Tore my miniscus 10 years ago, pretty much havent done anything for legs since then, even the past couple years since I got back to this. The only thing I would do is calves, some hip abduction for glutes, and maybe some hamstrings. Occasionally I'd do a couple weeks if leg extensions or machine squats, but they would always mess up my knee.
But a few days ago a buddy in the gym was talking about squats, and I noticed his legs looked kind of funky, and I asked him about it, and he started talking about different techniques. And I tried one of them - squatting by pushing my knees forward (instead of keeping my shins at 90 degrees to the floor) - and it felt smooth.
So I got under 135 and did a few sets of ten and it felt better than I even remember. So I went up to 225, and to 315, and my legs/glutes felt great squatting that way. And a few days later, and the knees still feel good.
I thought it share this in case any of you are interested. Perhaps you have some other tips. One thing that did happen on the set of 5 with 315, was I felt like I started to use my back too much, and my buddy told me to try pushing my back backwards at the bottom as I start to go up, and that actually helped a little bit on the next set I tried.
But a few days ago a buddy in the gym was talking about squats, and I noticed his legs looked kind of funky, and I asked him about it, and he started talking about different techniques. And I tried one of them - squatting by pushing my knees forward (instead of keeping my shins at 90 degrees to the floor) - and it felt smooth.
So I got under 135 and did a few sets of ten and it felt better than I even remember. So I went up to 225, and to 315, and my legs/glutes felt great squatting that way. And a few days later, and the knees still feel good.
I thought it share this in case any of you are interested. Perhaps you have some other tips. One thing that did happen on the set of 5 with 315, was I felt like I started to use my back too much, and my buddy told me to try pushing my back backwards at the bottom as I start to go up, and that actually helped a little bit on the next set I tried.