Squat Form Check -- Experiencing some knee pain

[bluenum6]

Since I have recently had some pain in my left knee, I wanted to get my form checked and make any appropriate changes.



Thanks.

[Tom Campitelli]

Depth is difficult to judge from that video, but I don't see anything injurious going on. Can you describe your knee pain?

[bluenum6]

The pain is in my left knee around the medial joint line. It's not severe pain and it does not occur during my training sessions. I notice the discomfort mostly when kneeling (immediately), turning around in bed (intermittently) or when getting out of a chair. I recently switched to the Texas Method after running a split routine where a squat once per week.

[Tom Campitelli]

That is an unusual place to hurt from squatting. I'm afraid I don't have a lot of answers for you. Did your knees hurt when you were squatting once a week? Did you do something else to them outside of the weight room that may have caused it?

[bluenum6]

Thanks for the reply. I did not have knee pain when squatting 1x per week. While I cannot think of anything outside of my barbell training that could have caused this, I did manage to complete 320 5X5 on Monday and 335X5 yesterday with only mild soreness.

[Tom Campitelli]

have you ever had a massage from a sadist, or an IT band release? Consider it. See if it helps. If 335 was your intensity day, that's awfully close to your volume day work sets.