I stayed away from leg extensions for a while because I had also heard this. I later had knee pain and tried all the fancy stuff from KOT guy. Nothing worked. I started doing leg extensions again and my knees have been feeling better than ever. Now they don't hurt when I go play basketball.
I'm really confused , i got strong legs and can easily lift up the whole stack without any pain and teain intensely on leg extension with static holds and ecentrics , but my trainer just normally suggest everyone around the gym is just to do normal squat and leg press for quads , cuz leg extensions (heavy) csn easily cause acl tears , am confuse plz help
So i do 2 plates(40kg) +the stack140kg for reps and full renage of mostion controlled with a pause for 8 reps or so with no pain is this still good for knees??
@@TheMovementSystem ok thanks , what about if you use the heavy slow resistance method to help your tendons? I know reps should be no more than 5 but what about sets and rest times?
Respectfully disagree. Bit of a stretch to say they are “good” for your knees and nowhere is that explained, you just explain why it’s not “bad”. But on top of the shearing forces it’s also just an open-chain hardly functional exercise so I would argue it’s a very low value exercise for an athlete.
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I stayed away from leg extensions for a while because I had also heard this. I later had knee pain and tried all the fancy stuff from KOT guy. Nothing worked. I started doing leg extensions again and my knees have been feeling better than ever. Now they don't hurt when I go play basketball.
Thank you for all the information
I'm really confused , i got strong legs and can easily lift up the whole stack without any pain and teain intensely on leg extension with static holds and ecentrics , but my trainer just normally suggest everyone around the gym is just to do normal squat and leg press for quads , cuz leg extensions (heavy) csn easily cause acl tears , am confuse plz help
So i do 2 plates(40kg) +the stack140kg for reps and full renage of mostion controlled with a pause for 8 reps or so with no pain is this still good for knees??
Reps and sets ?
Depends on your goal. I actually like 5 x 10 second isometric holds not fully locked out and not fully bent but about halfway in between
@@TheMovementSystem ok thanks , what about if you use the heavy slow resistance method to help your tendons? I know reps should be no more than 5 but what about sets and rest times?
Respectfully disagree. Bit of a stretch to say they are “good” for your knees and nowhere is that explained, you just explain why it’s not “bad”. But on top of the shearing forces it’s also just an open-chain hardly functional exercise so I would argue it’s a very low value exercise for an athlete.