squad question

hi guys

last night i did squats. i do 8 sets. 4 warm up and 4 heavy.
the warm ups was fine. also my first heavy weight was fine.
the second heavy set i did. it felt like a small muscle above the knee that was pinching or something.
i even thought it could be a tendant. it is right above the kneecap
felt weird. it was sore for a while but felt better afterwards.


what could this be.

should i stop training.

I use knee straps as soon as I start my heavy sets, maybe try them

ok. i have straps.

how do i strap my knee.

around the kneecap or over the kneecap.

thx

That is your suprapatellar tendon... Its the tendon from your quadriceps, over the knee cap, and to the leg. If its hurting you are either going too heavy too quick or you might have a slight injury there. Strapping can help support the knee but the majority of the force required will still go through that tendon.

Or you on a cycle?

no not on cycle

should i rest it

Have you recently increased your squats? Any excess leg workouts, injuries, aches and pains?

@Spike could it not be a form issue? Trying to go too low without proper ankle flexibility and pushing off the toes?

ja. maybe i bent to heavy too fast. only started doing squads 2 weeks ago.

i could be something els also. sometimes when i sit in a car for too long my knee get sore at the same place.
then i have to get out end stretch my leg.

gab wrote: only started doing squads 2 weeks ago.

theres your problem right there, slow down a little, give those tendons time to adapt, dont go straight into massive weights. Tendon takes longer than muscle to adapt to stress, it becomes the weak point.

@dg, yeah form could affect this as well, losing the emphasis of the glutes could over stress the quads, even weak hamstrings can play a biomechanical role here... Effectively this is an overload of the suprapatellar tendon and it can result from a number of different factors here