Originally Posted by
Giulio
Very interesting and at the right moment for me, thanks.
I am a 52 y.o. male, definitely overweight (15 kgs.) and pretty weak and at present quite inexperienced at barbell training.
Still, my motivation is big.
Very recently I decided it was time for me to implement the SS program seriously, after having "flirted" with it for some time.
Bought the official app (which I strongly recommend!) and committed to follow the program.
Unfortunately during a squat (very light load - believe me) my left knee produced a strange noise while hurting at the same time.
Ever since an intermittent pain can affect my left knee; it is pretty mild and intermittent and can show up anytime of the day.
I didn't stop training, but payed much more attention.
Strangely the same thing happened with the right knee. I mean, after a short time my right knee was acheing too, even if I hadn't noticed or felt anything alarming during the lifts, as I had with my left knee.
Now, every now and then I feel a mild ache in either one of both the knees; it comes and goes pretty randomly.
I keep doing my lifts, though.
The fact that the mild pain showed up in the right knee too, led me to the conclusion that this pain is probably more related to an overall systemic cause (overweight? weakness? age?), rather than to an actual injury during any of the lifts.
I repeat - I lift very light loads (I don't give the numbers, because I don't want to be laughed at); my form shouldn't be that bad too.
I do not think I should stop lifting and frankly such a thing would demoralize me very badly, because strength training for very short tine with barbell has given me much more results than decades of all sorts of so called fitness activities.
Now, I was thinking of wearing knees sleeves, especially to keep my knees warm while lifting.
Question 1: which ones should I wear? Any cons?
Question 2: any suggestions about how to fix/monitor my problem?
Question 3: is my conclusion (that the pain occurring in both knees points more to a systemic issue rather than to an injury) correct?
I know these are silly questions, but this is my first post and I also see it as a way to join the community and express all my appreciation for anybody involved in it.
Thank you!!