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Fixing Up Knees With Heavy Ass Quarter Squats
« on: October 20, 2011, 01:54:53 pm »
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Both my knees have been shaky in the midrange squat position, just as I start to descend and until I get below parallel. They were feeling strained and weak in the dip before any jumps and while I would climb stairs. Even getting into a quarter squat position to deadlift was uncomfortable. I could squat fine, but my the knees themselves just didn't seem to be getting any more solid.

Since I was weak in the half and quarter squat positions, I figured I'd get strong in exactly those positions. I started doing heavy ass quarter squats to pins with knees way over toes. Escalating sets of five. Not to up my squat, but to condition my knee joints.

We're cautioned to avoid that movement and that position with load, but it did the trick. Knees snapped right back into shape. The effect was as immediate as when I started PVC pipe rolling my quads and IT band. Immediate improvement in function. This won't up my squat directly, but I suspect it will stop knee weakness from holding me back.

Interesting to note: the effusion I usually suffer from squatting is staying away since I did those heavy quarter squats.
Height: 5'9.5"
Wingspan: 6'4"
Standing Reach Barefoot: 7'10"
Weight: 175 lbs
Standing Vertical Jump: 29"
Running Vertical Jump Bilateral: 30.5"
Running Vertical Jump, Unilateral: 25"
Standing Broad Jump: 9'3"
Beltless High Bar Squat: 365
Beltless Conventional Deadlift: 450
Low Bar Squat w/ Belt (in USAPL raw): 418
Sumo Deadlift w/ Belt (in USAPL raw): 506

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Re: Fixing Up Knees With Heavy Ass Quarter Squats
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2011, 03:19:37 pm »
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very interesting. wonder how much of the effect is acute and how much is really lasting.

are you going to incorporate them into training from now on? if yes, how? or was it a one-and-done thing?
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Re: Fixing Up Knees With Heavy Ass Quarter Squats
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2011, 05:30:47 pm »
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very interesting. wonder how much of the effect is acute and how much is really lasting.

are you going to incorporate them into training from now on? if yes, how? or was it a one-and-done thing?

The extremely quick effects tell me it's neural, but there may be some longer lasting benefit to the connective tissue and joint structure itself. I see no reason not to keep these as pre-hab along with high rep leg curls (which Lance recommended for beat up knees).

I want to experiment with progressive movement training, doing this partial work after the volume work with full squats, and working down an inch every month or so while lowering the load. This may carry over to the full movement. At the very least it will get my knees and quads strong so they are no longer a weak link in my full squat.

I built my squat strength low bar style and I think that left a lot of quad/knee development out. Partial work like this may be helping to address an imbalance that is now showing up as I switched to a more quad-dominant style of squatting.
Height: 5'9.5"
Wingspan: 6'4"
Standing Reach Barefoot: 7'10"
Weight: 175 lbs
Standing Vertical Jump: 29"
Running Vertical Jump Bilateral: 30.5"
Running Vertical Jump, Unilateral: 25"
Standing Broad Jump: 9'3"
Beltless High Bar Squat: 365
Beltless Conventional Deadlift: 450
Low Bar Squat w/ Belt (in USAPL raw): 418
Sumo Deadlift w/ Belt (in USAPL raw): 506

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Re: Fixing Up Knees With Heavy Ass Quarter Squats
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2012, 08:41:20 am »
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I built my squat strength low bar style and I think that left a lot of quad/knee development out. Partial work like this may be helping to address an imbalance that is now showing up as I switched to a more quad-dominant style of squatting.


Hmm. That could be it. Or  lack of MSM.

Answer these four assessment questions:
How does front squatting feel for you?
 Pistol squats?
Can you sit in a squat position comfortably on your heels?
What about on your toes?

Heavy ass quarter squats could be dangerous if the strength isn' there. Might as well go lighter and get sed to the form. But fuck, you said bending into a deadlift made your knees shaky? That's probably something else then. High rep curls are a symptomatic treatment. THis may be some serious connective tissue disorder. Take some MSM and green vegetables, reduce ALL wheat, any foods you feel are inflammatory. Milk is gone. Turmeric. But I'm no expert jus sayin
"Performance during stretch-shortening cycle exercise is influenced by the visco-elastic properties of the muscle-tendon units. During stretching of an activated muscle, mechanical energy is absorbed in the tendon structures (tendon and aponeurosis) and this energy can subsequently be re-utilized if shortening of the muscle immediately follows the stretching. According to Biscotti (2000), 72% of the elastic energy restitution action comes from tendons, 28% - from contractile elements of muscles.

http://www.verkhoshansky.com/Portals/0/Presentations/Shock%20Method%20Plyometrics.pdf