[quote]bigslickmelter wrote:
Yes I had also considered the knee wraps. When I used to wear a belt and squat 110-120Kg I always found myself fixating on my quivering knees in the mirror as I squatted. Almost as if I was just waiting for them to explode!
Oddly I shunned the belt taking the logic that its better to lift a lighter weight with better form. It was only last week when I read an article on this site on bulgarian split squats that the lower back penny dropped so to speak![/quote]
I would get a pair and try them.
An example of the benefits; a year ago I was squatting 130kg x 5, my last leg session the bb back squat portion was 100kgx20, 120x12, 140x8 and then a dropset. All reps were constant tension, non-lockout, piston-like reps atg. Because I had my wraps on nice and tight the only weak link was my lower back getting a bit of an uncomfortable pump. The wraps don’t exactly make things any easier they just make everything seem more secure and focus most of the stress onto the target muscles, in my case outer quads, rather than the knee joint.