Learn to brace and wear a belt. More importantly, Leave your ego at the door and progressively overloaded. It’s a marathon not a race. A lot of guys want to lift heavy too soon too quick
Properly done Rack Pulls are a great exercise for your whole posterior chain, but I would like to see a trained physio talk more about back strength movements and especially warm ups.
My only regret is that I wish I knew about squats earlier. I sprained my right knee back in 2014 unloading a container at our local port. the doctor said that it would never be the same again. It has always looked swollen ever since and would hurt everytime I moved too fast. Then mid January of this year, I started hitting the gym. long story short, I've never been so glad that I can run again😅
i dont know what's wrong in my left knee. over the decade, tried acupressure, orthopedic, physical therapy... nothing seems to help. Moreover, in my last leg day, during warm-up, i experience a really sharp lightening-like pain in my right knee cap while doing bodyweight squats. couldn't workout that day 😔. starting doing these touchdown squats hoping I'd get some benefits. really wish i could somehow fly all the way to you so you could treat my knees but sigh!
I’ve been doing a lot of good mornings lately and it has helped my knee pain a lot which I think was due to my hips not being activated properly thus putting pressure on my knees since I was overcompensating for my weak hips. I’m def gonna try this one too.
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I did this today and i could squat better! Also did some of the shoulder mobility exercises and any tightness in my rotator cuff decreased! Thanks Mr Squat University 😊
What about when you DO go ass to grass? My leg muscles can get me all the way back up, but my knee feels like it literally fills with pressure and is about to explode lmao
If your knee is going over your toes you're straining your MCL. It's very dangerous. How this guy in the video did it? He will get injured after a while
Can you please explain what it is about this exercise that helps with knee pain? Is it strengthening the knees or the muscles in the glutes, hamstrings and quads?
I had knee pain last year, after sitting to much at my knees at work. (Carpenter). It felt like it was some fluid inside around the kneecap. I went to a Physiotherapist, he gave me this exercise. The exercise is strengthening the stability muscles in the knee and the ankel. And glutes, quads when you get higher. The exercise worked and I've been painfree for one year. 🇳🇴🇳🇴
Turkish get ups helped me greatly with my shoulder instability. I don't know if it's great to reinforce shoulders overall but many physio I've seen advised me this exercise.
I started doing these and was surprised how hard it was. Now I try to do 30 for each leg every day. I think it's also helped with my balance quite a bit.
Straight up. If you have sore knees you need knee wraps above all. Secondly you need to do proper warm ups for your heavy squats, I like to to a body weight 20 squats, 20kg, 60kg and then start my heavy for 100 then 120. MIND. YOUR. KNEES.
Im surprised I could do a few reps easily. When I first started working out this was like a goal, but then I got to a gym and I forget about calisthenics. This made me so happy
He took the time to give great info for people with knee pain and did it quickly; thank you so much for this I will begin today and try it for a week and see if I have progress. Great quick video💯🌹
Easy on my left side but my right knee makes awful loud cre a king noises. If makes me scared to do any exercises on them 😢 and yes the cracking is loud because even other gym goers give me sympathetic looks
Dude, this channel is a goldmine of great info. But I couldn't disagree more strongly with the single leg squat. I've done split squats ( similar movement) for the last couple years ( no gym) and credit THEM PRETTY MUCH EXCLUSIVELY for my right knee being trashed. Maybe the movements are different enough to make a difference. Maybe I'm an outlier. Maybe I pushed it too hard. All I KNOW is my knee aches everyday from it. PS- have had no gym the last couple years. Have squatted and leg pressed for 20 years prior.
I find these touchdown squats easier than ATG split squats. Not sure if the hip hinge is the reason, but I'm going to do these instead of split squats for now on. Maybe I was going too heavy too fast with the splits. Last week my one bad knee just said "Nope!" when I did splits. But I can do the touchdowns no problem. Just an idea...
Years of knee pain, cant progress squats for shit, glute growth non existent... Doctors didnt help, physio didn't help, a personal trainer didmt help...Did this exercises and imidiatly saw improvement. Thank you so much you are changing lives
I have a "weak knee", although it might be more accurate to state that it's the only bodypart that doesn't seem indestructible for most of the time. It's weaker because a handful of years ago, someone fell on it with their hip, dislocating my kneecap. I just got into fitness a little while ago, and while my legs (or maybe because of it) got a lot stronger, I have started noticing that knee more and more. I guess I'll start building towards a pistol squat whenever I'm hitting the legs from now on.
Will this help with low grade knee osteoarthritis with someone who regularly experiences ilitobial band syndrome and patellar tendinitis because of osteoarthritis? I’m not a runner but I do want to get my impact cardio in every now and then. After maybe 2-3 days of running per week(with rest in between) I get ITBS and patellar tendinitis after about 3 weeks
Hey Squat University! I was wondering if you could make a video about joint mobilization and joint mobillity routines for weight lifters for healthy and durable joints? I mean, i watch all your videos and shorts, and i want to avoid the problems these people have and have healthy joints and great mobility.
Thanks lol. I started doing this on my own. Beginning phase of course. But I was laughing at my wobble and gave up till I seen your video. Back to it I go. Wish me luck
So basically get strong glutes, core, hams and all that to have healthy knees, not quads. You can train those separately as well with isolation exercises or physio exercises, at the end of the day, you want stronger muscles=stability in the joints
You should make a video about bulletproofing the lower back, so that we will never herniate disks!
McGill big 3
There is no single exercise that can bulletproof your back or joints , it has to be an integrated approach
Learn to brace and wear a belt. More importantly, Leave your ego at the door and progressively overloaded. It’s a marathon not a race. A lot of guys want to lift heavy too soon too quick
Properly done Rack Pulls are a great exercise for your whole posterior chain, but I would like to see a trained physio talk more about back strength movements and especially warm ups.
Mcbill big 3
Reverse hyper
Romanian Deadlift
I actually did a couple of sets of these today. Hopefully, my knees get better.
Pain free. I wish.
i really liked this
How much rest between sets?
I can do that with my left leg but not with my right leg even though I am right handed.
this still hurts my knee
Doing this so that when the Mafia Comes for my knees the hammer Will shatter
Lmaoo
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahahahahahah excellent
You mean the bullets will just bounce off
@@kneegerman2076 this was 6 months ago i cant remember
“Where did all the plates go?”
“ oh, Sam is doing squats again”
With anyone dealing with knee pain?
My knee just flew through the roof watching that one leg squat! 🤣
Yea I'm sure my knee would explode before I even got that low 😅
That's why you train your way to that level and not rush the process.
Exactly. I cant even do a double leg squat without damage
@@ridhabenammar715
Exactly. Be patient and dedicated guys. Slow progression, but real progression
@@ridhabenammar715 '
'Train yourself'??
You've never had a knee problem.
Doing this will only make it worse.
Utter bs.
"Bro I'm trying to do deadlifts I am _begging_ you for a plate please bro just like 2 plates you have all of them bro I'm in muscle poverty over here"
Ehehehe
🤣 my thoughts exactly
I'm adding these. I need this in my life.
Oh, no you don't.
Same🏆
If people at my gym starts hogging all the plates for this bro
I'll hold him and you hit him !
Just use them as a substitute for the plates = win win! :D
I use the box jump things or a little stool
I do it on yoga blocks at home :)
My only regret is that I wish I knew about squats earlier. I sprained my right knee back in 2014 unloading a container at our local port. the doctor said that it would never be the same again. It has always looked swollen ever since and would hurt everytime I moved too fast. Then mid January of this year, I started hitting the gym. long story short, I've never been so glad that I can run again😅
Nice to hear bro, I'm still in the process of getting back on running while healing from knee injury
What exercises did you do? I want to re-strengthen my knee again so I can run.
I had this exercise in PT and the key to getting the most out of this is to tab the floor with your heel not your toes.
i dont know what's wrong in my left knee. over the decade, tried acupressure, orthopedic, physical therapy... nothing seems to help. Moreover, in my last leg day, during warm-up, i experience a really sharp lightening-like pain in my right knee cap while doing bodyweight squats. couldn't workout that day 😔. starting doing these touchdown squats hoping I'd get some benefits. really wish i could somehow fly all the way to you so you could treat my knees but sigh!
Look up “kneesovertoesguy”
I’ve been doing a lot of good mornings lately and it has helped my knee pain a lot which I think was due to my hips not being activated properly thus putting pressure on my knees since I was overcompensating for my weak hips. I’m def gonna try this one too.
Not to mention stacking all those plates is a good workout too.
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Yeah, doesn't work on phone app.
Have to use the PC browser. Its annoying 😒
Grab it out of your history or email it to yourself
I did this today and i could squat better! Also did some of the shoulder mobility exercises and any tightness in my rotator cuff decreased! Thanks Mr Squat University 😊
You are a wizard! Will you make a video on dealing with IT Band Syndrome? Or have you already?
Seen this guy make 1 million vids about this might have to actually start doing it
KneesOverToes
💪🏻😃😃😃😃😃👍🏻
What about when you DO go ass to grass? My leg muscles can get me all the way back up, but my knee feels like it literally fills with pressure and is about to explode lmao
I've tried these and it ALWAYS feels like my knees are going to jettison off my legs. I'm afraid of those.
Don't do them!!
Even at 1 plate? See a doctor
@@nm628679c Such a helpful comment, since you included a valuable explanation as to why not to do them.
If your knee is going over your toes you're straining your MCL. It's very dangerous. How this guy in the video did it? He will get injured after a while
Thank you for so much helpful information.
One thing: Your walking around barefoot is creeping me out! Warts and Athlete's Foot...gross!
Wow so helpful
Im going to start training with just one plate
Always though full depth was required
Can you please explain what it is about this exercise that helps with knee pain? Is it strengthening the knees or the muscles in the glutes, hamstrings and quads?
Yes, as well as getting the knee over the toes and working stability
All of it, it seems like. It’s a multi joint movement .
It builds all the muscles and joints one needs to walk. Also add lunges or split squats to the gym routine.🔥
I had knee pain last year, after sitting to much at my knees at work. (Carpenter). It felt like it was some fluid inside around the kneecap.
I went to a Physiotherapist, he gave me this exercise. The exercise is strengthening the stability muscles in the knee and the ankel. And glutes, quads when you get higher. The exercise worked and I've been painfree for one year.
🇳🇴🇳🇴
For me it helped build my posterior chain when squatting. I was very quad dominant which caused knee pain and tendonitis
Man, thanks for this. I cannot get that low. I'm glad that even a little bit will do a lot.
Bulletproof shoulders would be awesome, I’ve been waking up with them real tight along the medial head and any advice or links would be appreciated!
Turkish get ups helped me greatly with my shoulder instability.
I don't know if it's great to reinforce shoulders overall but many physio I've seen advised me this exercise.
I started doing these and was surprised how hard it was. Now I try to do 30 for each leg every day. I think it's also helped with my balance quite a bit.
Straight up. If you have sore knees you need knee wraps above all. Secondly you need to do proper warm ups for your heavy squats, I like to to a body weight 20 squats, 20kg, 60kg and then start my heavy for 100 then 120. MIND. YOUR. KNEES.
Im surprised I could do a few reps easily. When I first started working out this was like a goal, but then I got to a gym and I forget about calisthenics. This made me so happy
Making my knees cry watching this
If I try this, I'm either gonna fall off or poop, or both at the same time 🙈
How was lunch with Sal and Q?
Memene😂
My knee falling off just looking at this
I've been doing these for longevity and I'm 135.
Edit: I mean I'm using 135 pounds of plates.
All your stuff has helped me substantially. Please keep on
So i just got done with knee surgery; would this help out with keeping my knees in place?
Does anyone know exactly which muscles (other than glute) benefit from the touchdown squat?
are this good for a warmup?
I cant see this helping ANYONES knees, in order to help the knees one most squat leaning back , keeping knees behind shins and toes...
He took the time to give great info for people with knee pain and did it quickly; thank you so much for this I will begin today and try it for a week and see if I have progress. Great quick video💯🌹
Casually stacking Eleiko plates (veeery expensive brand)
A bulletproofing series for each body part would be great.
Easy on my left side but my right knee makes awful loud cre a king noises. If makes me scared to do any exercises on them 😢 and yes the cracking is loud because even other gym goers give me sympathetic looks
As someone with EDS a condition that means it's easy to dislocate joints, I'm going to be adding these to my workouts.
Not much different from Bulgarian split squats.
Nice, Eleiko! That's premium Swedish steel ;)
I can feel myself getting it but what about the balance stability? Is that my hips needing work?
Dude, this channel is a goldmine of great info. But I couldn't disagree more strongly with the single leg squat. I've done split squats ( similar movement) for the last couple years ( no gym) and credit THEM PRETTY MUCH EXCLUSIVELY for my right knee being trashed. Maybe the movements are different enough to make a difference. Maybe I'm an outlier. Maybe I pushed it too hard. All I KNOW is my knee aches everyday from it. PS- have had no gym the last couple years. Have squatted and leg pressed for 20 years prior.
I find these touchdown squats easier than ATG split squats. Not sure if the hip hinge is the reason, but I'm going to do these instead of split squats for now on. Maybe I was going too heavy too fast with the splits. Last week my one bad knee just said "Nope!" when I did splits. But I can do the touchdowns no problem. Just an idea...
Look at Sam squatting one plate, what an absolute beast
So is he suggesting starting out doing one leg squats? This might work for young healthy knees but not for someone trying to get rid of knee pain.
Did someone notice they did different movements? The video starts with an example and the other guy did another
‘I use all the 45s for my pistol squat’
Lemme explain
Why did i get glute pain from doing this exercise, can someone please explain
great exercise for stealing all the plates and pissing people off if you do like the guy in the video xD
I need this. Thanks as a delivery driver
There's a lot of getting on and off the truck and running!
I thought you made this video with Jon Jones bro, even his voice sound like Jon lol
How often should you do these.Should you include these in your workout or on rest days
What about exercises for knee hypertension?
This really works wonders, just have to be consistent
👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Thanks. I'm 60 and feeling weak in my legs.
What do you recommend for quad tendonopothy
My knees exploded watching you do one atg off the bat 😆
I feel it in my hams and glutes more than my quads , does that mean im performkng it correctly.?
Yes you are supposed to feel more on your glutes. That's why he says hinch your hips until you feel your glutes.
a.k.a. the Pistol Squat? 🤔
Why do we have to fire shots at ATG?
Is it applicable for arthritis?
Worst exercise for wrecking Yr knees
You don’t have to go all the way down.
I do these before every leg day!!
We will see in the future if it works?
Years of knee pain, cant progress squats for shit, glute growth non existent... Doctors didnt help, physio didn't help, a personal trainer didmt help...Did this exercises and imidiatly saw improvement. Thank you so much you are changing lives
OK, this is actually bad for the knees.
No it's not. It really doesn't hit your knees. It hits your glutes and quads. But depends on what type of knee pain you have.
I have a "weak knee", although it might be more accurate to state that it's the only bodypart that doesn't seem indestructible for most of the time.
It's weaker because a handful of years ago, someone fell on it with their hip, dislocating my kneecap.
I just got into fitness a little while ago, and while my legs (or maybe because of it) got a lot stronger, I have started noticing that knee more and more. I guess I'll start building towards a pistol squat whenever I'm hitting the legs from now on.
I have twig knees. Hep hep me
Will this help with low grade knee osteoarthritis with someone who regularly experiences ilitobial band syndrome and patellar tendinitis because of osteoarthritis? I’m not a runner but I do want to get my impact cardio in every now and then. After maybe 2-3 days of running per week(with rest in between) I get ITBS and patellar tendinitis after about 3 weeks
What would you recommend for patella femoral tracking syndrome PFTS?
Sam can't up that high😂
Thank you for this
It’s a lateral step-up.
He looked like John jones
shots fired @ ATG 😂 Thankfully I love you both and utilize both of your information
Hey great exercise but i'm getting lower back pain from it... Any Tips?
Hbt bulgarian split squat
Hey Squat University!
I was wondering if you could make a video about joint mobilization and joint mobillity routines for weight lifters for healthy and durable joints?
I mean, i watch all your videos and shorts, and i want to avoid the problems these people have and have healthy joints and great mobility.
His knee is WAY over his MCL, which he can easily pull by doing so.
Thank you
Thanks lol. I started doing this on my own. Beginning phase of course. But I was laughing at my wobble and gave up till I seen your video. Back to it I go. Wish me luck
Balance exercise?
Thanks
So basically get strong glutes, core, hams and all that to have healthy knees, not quads. You can train those separately as well with isolation exercises or physio exercises, at the end of the day, you want stronger muscles=stability in the joints
🙏
Is it still effective if you take the balance component out of the equation by lightly holding onto a support?
Added these in my leg workout after my knee started hurting. It's a slow process, but it's much better than it was before