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Originally Posted by mikemhg

Can I offer a trick for you for squatting which changed my life?

I was getting the same knee pain when squatting, I wasn't engaging my glutes properly so even 225lbs was hurting my knees bad.

Buy a set of these:

https://www.amazon.ca/CFX-Resistance...929661738&th=1

I squat entirely now with a band around my upper quads.

It feels hella awkward at first until you get used to it, but it literally forces you to engage your glutes/hams taking all that pain off your knees.

It's changed my squat entirely, I can easily go back to doing 315 without a single pain in my knee. I'm not kidding you, it was life chanigng.

Thanks for the tip. It's amazing having learned about glute activation and being mindful of it, the lingering lower back QL pain I've had for years completely went away. Even just walking and going up and down steps with proper glute and outer-quad/hamstring activation has been a game changer in loosening up my back and knee.

I had tried using bands for squats at the advise of a physio similarly, but this was before the mind-muscle connection clicked for me and didn't do much. I should try it again now that I know how to target and activate my glutes.