But perhaps you’ve heard that squats are bad for your knees, or that you need to do squats in a certain specific way to avoid injury. So, it’s not the squats themselves that hurt your knees; it’s how you squat that’s probably hurting your knees. Additionally, Lefever suggests:Train that [squat] movement through goblet squats and work on both mobility and strength with single-leg work. Are deep squats safe? The only lifters who routinely buck this trend are, who train the competition lifts when they’re fresh, and then squats afterward.If you’re squatting alone, make sure you can.

Source: The Nation June 11, 2021 21:04 UTC