Timeline for How to combine running and squating within the week so that stress on the knees is reduced?
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| Nov 9, 2014 at 20:09 | vote | accept | Mephisto | ||
| Sep 30, 2013 at 4:20 | comment | added | user4644 | This video (from about 2:14 onwards gives some examples of hip mobility work). Here's another good set. Again, not sure if this is what you need, but a lot of people do. Worst case, it'll just waste your time. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 3:05 | comment | added | Mephisto | Regrding the deviations, I really don't know if calling them "slight" was appropriate. What happens is that one squats causes discomfort and a twisting sensation in the knees, then I carefully look for a better feet position an then the rest of the set goes fine. It is strongly dependent on the feet position, my knees don't tolerate any deviations from strictly perfect form. I guess the margin for variations will be bigger when they are stronger. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 2:57 | comment | added | Mephisto | What do you mean by hip and IT band mobility? Could you post any link to some site with a description of those things or a youtube video perhaps? | |
| Sep 29, 2013 at 17:05 | comment | added | user4644 | Well, it's not zero stress even for perfect squats, so you're not wrong to ask this question. Slight deviations from your ideal shouldn't be causing discomfort, though. Consider adding some hip and IT band mobility work to help get past any discomfort you have (I'm basing that suggestion solely on what's most common, not anything specific about you). | |
| Sep 29, 2013 at 16:53 | comment | added | Mephisto | Thanks, +1. I don't need yet to add weight because I squat very slowly, specially the eccentric movement (each squat takes a total amount of ~8 secons). I know that proper form should cause zero stress on the knees, but that still requires a constant conscious effort. I usually notice during squatting that something doesn't go 100% perfect and have to make corrections. Usually it is a small deviation from the perfect feet position that causes discomfort and sometimes cracking noises. Until proper form is 100% natural to me, I must minimize risks because I am causing some knee stress. | |
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| Sep 29, 2013 at 16:16 | history | answered | user4644 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |