I love the full body benefits of squats but I find my knees are liking them less and less these days.
I’m currently working a modified PPL, so a heavy off day.
LEGS
2x5, 1x5+ squat
3x8-12 Romanian Deadlift
3x8-12 leg press
3x8-12 leg curls
3x8-12 leg extensions
5x8-12 calf raises
I pretty much hate squats while I’m doing them. I think it’s cause they make my knees angry.
Is there something knee friendly I can replace squats with or alternate in occasionally?
You might try knee sleeves. They helped me a lot.
Spend some time on knee health, look into knees over toes guy. You might have some muscle imbalances, find a unilatetal program.
I recommend browsing videos from Squat University on Instagram and seeing if you can identify the specific type and cause of knee pain and rehabbing that before you write it off as “part of aging”.
