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Anonymous
/fit/ my knee joints aches. What do I do? I'm pretty sure that it's because of badly preformed squats.
>> Anonymous
lrn2sqt
>> Anonymous
cycle and swim
>> Anonymous
Could be bursitis, I had that in my knees a few years ago, hurt a lot when climbing the stairs.
>> Anonymous
>>287097
OP here: I don't think its that bad, but i sure hurts when I climb stairs. The ache is a bit better now (3 days since i squated) and I don't really feel like skipping them today.

Suggestions?
>> Anonymous
Fish oil caplets. I had knee "stiffness" due to the level of exercise I was doing (bi-weekly squats + tri-weekly HIIT sprints). It finally culminated in my knee being stiff as a brick for an entire week, so I got on fish oil. Within 3 days it loosened up, and now I only feel very mild and intermittent stiffness.

What to look for: DO NOT just walk in and grab a 2,000mg fish oil caplet. Flip the bottle over, and find caplets with at least 500mg of EPA and 200mg DHA, and make sure it is per serving, and make sure the serving is a single pill. The most will be found in the double or triple purified caplets (I get the triple purified ones from GNC, 20 bucks for a month's worth). Take the pill twice daily with low fiber meals and enjoy your new-found joint freedom.

The reason I say to look at the serving size is if the serving is 1,200 mg and it's only got 400mg combined of EPA and DHA, you're getting a lot of garbage along with the good stuff.
>> Anonymous
>>28711
OP here: I found a bottle (1000mg) which contains 180mg EPA and 120mg DHA. Do you think that will work as well?
>> Anonymous
surprisingly when I do squats my knees feel better. Is there a reason for this because I haven't found any.
>> Anonymous
OP back from the gym: I ate a fish oil caplet (found a bottle in the cupboard) then I went to the gym and there I deducted about 40lb from the squats (from my usual 154lb). Then i jumped in the shower and washed my knees with fucking cold water. they're feeling abit better now actually