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2004/06/17, 01:23 AM
I recently had an older veteran lifter at my gym tell me that I should start wearing straps on my knees when I do squats. I'm doing heavy weight for 4-6 reps, and he said with heavier weight I should be using knee straps like Inzer ones. I have gotten good advice from him in the past and seriously considered getting some straps.
First though I checked around on the web, including FT which has given me great advice over the past year. I didn't find anything conclusive on FT or on the rest of the web; most of the advice I've found has taken both sides. Some say they're great. Some say they are bad. In fact the site that I'm currently using for my workout (Max-OT) says both things. The squat excercise execution article says yes, and a Q&A article specifically about straps says they're terrible.
Should I use them? Should I not use them and adjust my sets to 6-8 reps so I'm not using as heavy of weight? Should I not use them and still do the heavier 4-6 reps? Thanks, I would really appreciate some of FT's experienced lifters' feedback.
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2004/06/17, 08:27 AM
A majority of the feedback I've gotten from experienced lifters is against the straps. Many of them say that they do not use them because they do not want to hinder the strengthening and development of the tendons and support muscles of the knee. On the other side of the spectrum, many competitive powerlifters say the straps will add 30 lbs to an experienced lifter's max squat. I don't have any science to back any of this up; this is just what I've been told by others, so hopefully someone at FT has some better info.
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2004/06/17, 09:45 AM
Maybe you should ask this in the powerlifting forum?
Any type of aid is going to allow something it supports to slack off a little, I think. But when you start egtting into extremem weights, that may become necesary. I am not a powerlifter, so I can't really say one way or the other.
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2004/06/17, 04:51 PM
I use them when I go over 350lbs and only on squats. I have had knee trouble in the past from other things, btu leg presses front squats deadlifts I don't wear them.
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