Knees are gone!

[general31]

I can not squat the bar right now. My knees give out on me so fast and it takes 2 days to get back to normal. I can leg press 700 lbs for reps but when it comes to squats, even hacks, I'm fuked. Can anyone help with a cure. I think it is from 20 years of playing goalie in hockey. I just want to squat and I cant.

[ImmmtheIceman]

Ive never heard of that before. Have you ever tried squats before you knew of this and had a problem?

[general31]

For the last 4 years it has been like this. Back when I was in high school in 96 I could Squat fine. But when I started hitting it hard about four years ago, my knees were gone. I can blow one out running the bases in softball. Ive been to the doctor and had an mri on one knee and it was ok. Im baffled!

[ImmmtheIceman]

WOw. Sorry to hear that. Stick to the leg presses then. At least its something.

[ti1t]

My knees have been ****ty for the last few weeks when I started doing squat reps 500 x 6 for 3 sets... I can still leg press 900 for reps easy unless I go past a 45 degree angle. Just be carefull wth your knees... I thought I was super man and couldn't get hurt but squats willl **** you up. Another reason this happened is that I'm on an AS cycle and the tendons aren't as strong as the muscle.

[SwoleCat]

Sounds like you have some patellar tendon issues.

I say this because as a recovering double (both knees) patellar tendon rupture athlete, squats are a LOT harder for me to do right now than leg presses, and it's solely because of that localized area. It's getting better, but that is because my re-hab has been constant for 11 months. You may be arriving at the problem, whereas I am working on recovering from it. May want to have your doc check the knees!

~SC~

[Rsox1]

i have the same problem i cannot even get into a catchers squat without my knees giving out, i can still squat but i wrap my knees tight a a drum and that usually does the trick, i really think wrapping could help you a lot but like th prev post said always have a doc check it out

[Pork Chop]

Lot's of running destroyed my knees.
I couldn't squat the bar let alone anything heavy.
A light and short of Deca nearly cured them.
Something to think about.