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Anonymous
I always did my squats down to perfect parallel without ever having any pain.

On here and elsewhere I began noticing that these were considered half squats and were actually more dangerous for my knees then going the full range of motion.

So I started doing them properly, and sure I definitely felt it was harder, hammies and glutes much more engaged in the exercise.

But now my fucking knee kills me and I'm pissed the fuck off. What the hell guys? Is this just the feeling of my ligaments having had a good proper stretching and strengthening or did I fuck up my knees listening to a bunch of macho meatheads?
>> Anonymous
I'm guessing you either didn't bother warming up properly or you were using poor form (IE knees in front of toes).
>> Anonymous
Are you doing them right? Bouncing or resting at the bottom of the squat can mess with you. Also, are you lifting heavy? If you've been doing parallel squats your whole life and you've gone to 300 with that, suddenly switching over to ass-to-grass with the same weights might not be a great idea.
>> gay
you fucked up

learn to SQOATZ properly with low weights or see a doctor
>> Anonymous
OP here, I dropped the weight by 50lbs, didn't bounce, didn't let my knees buckle inwards, did rest at the bottom, just had a weird pain the next morning under my patella when I bent my knees.
I also always warm up, I do 5 minutes of bike to get the blood flowing, do glute activation exercises, do dynamic stretches, warrior lunges, squat stretch, and do 3 warm-up sets.