Knees hurt after leg day

HoneyBadger302

Not going to repeat what has been said as I think the obvious has already been covered quite well, but from someone who has had bad knees most of my life (torn meniscus in both):

Doing balance work is KEY to keeping my knees strong enough to handle "normal" workouts - and my racing. The small knee stabilizers just don't get enough training with flat, stable surfaces to keep them strong enough to handle the weight and/or repitition of my training.

So, I add in a lot of work on Bosu balls, have an Indo board I keep in front of my TV at home, among other balance related training.

To note: I was informed of this while going through ortho directed PT when one of my knees was getting so painful I could hardly function. As long as I keep up with these exercises, my knees have held up just fine (other than when the torn bits catch and a knee just randomly gives out, but those don't last long LOL).

PAFC84

shareebarnett2017 wrote: »

Hi All,

Sorry i didn't quiet know where to put this topic so i chose here due to body building...

After completing a leg workout my knees are in pain, its not unbearable but for saying im 25 and its painful for me to stand, my knees also were very tingly last night...

Yesterday i did...

Squats around 100 squats (narrow, normal, wide leg and sumo)
lunges
dead lifts
side squats

Maybe i was locking my legs out without realizing?

Heaviest weight lifted in at one time was only 30kg...

Any ideas on what it could be?

Any tips on preventing this pain in the future?

When I wasn't squatting below parallel my knees hurt. If you usually squat without weight and then add weight, you might have stopped squatting as deep.It's hard to comment on it without haven't observed what you did.

Alternatively, tight hamstrings can also cause knee pain and you will have hit the hamstrings pretty hard. Have you tried stretching them out as well as your other leg muscles