Knee Sleeves: What, Why, and When

Do your knees need a nice, warm hug? Phil covers the basics of knee sleeves for lifting - what they are, why you might want to use them, and when you would want to use them.

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Knee Sleeves: What, Why, and When

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[danielszemborski]

Helpful. Thanks. I can't wait to wear these while doing curls in the squat rack.

[daviddanninger]

Great video! No useless information, just a clear and helpful overview

[BJMifsud]

Simple, no bullshit explanation. Cheers!

[andrewprine]

Phil, your content is awesome. You gotta get a good mic though, I can hardly hear you.

[rofdeath]

Thanks for teaching me the ways father

[lyecon]

Been squatting for 3 months, pretty decent form and not terribly heavy (150lbs) and I have recently experienced a faint but noticeable pain deep in and around my kneecap. Hoping these can help reduce the pain a little bit

[KnittingwithMaxine]

Haha I love this dudes personality. Great video, thank you!

[jfox]

Been squaring for over 20 plus years in my 40s and have never used a knee sleeve in my life, thinking about buying some though for increase in my squat

[coolio]

Hey man, amazing video you made it so clear. Also do knee sleeves need washing?

[kicknitoldskool]

Thanks for the video without trying to sell anything. Is a knee sleeve "cheating" or aiding the lift at all? I have a torn meniscus and the on the last few reps and the next day I feel it abit

[carps_gym]

Not sure if it’s intentional or not, or just how he is, but Phil makes me laugh at some point in every video. “It’s this thing On the computer “

[Spaxcore]

Nice and to the point. Thanks. Subscribed.

[DannyOvox]

My patella tendon hurts during squatting, especially my right one. I am fine during deadlifting. I know you said you dont recommend wearing sleeves if the knees are fine during DL but what do you recommend as an aid to help the tendons during squatting?

[bmbmaurer]

Excellent seen these but no one talks about why and what they do.

[.hemi]

Do the knee sleeves affect quad activation in the squat? I'd imagine if they're aiding knee extension they would take away from the workload on the quads

[buggyd]

I see people wear these over there sweats. Forgot my gym shorts today and I’m trying to see if I can find any videos on knee sleeves with sweat pants

[Bognerman]

Great video! How about the Element 26 6mm knee sleeves? I hear the outer shell is very strong and made well, hence they have better support than even some cheap 7mm sleeves.

[highvalue]

This was perfect for me and choosing to buy some for my boyfriend. He wants to do cross fit but he jumps into things too fast to show off, hurts himself, then beats himself up for not looking like professional. His knee was reconstructed after motocross accident so lifting hurts him a little. THESE WILL HELP 👏🏾

[brianleabo]

So with having 3 acl and mcl Sugreys would this do me any good at all ?

[ClassicTor]

So i have sometimes its really weird pain in my knees while squating i went to the doctor and she said she didnt noticed something but when i squat i sometimes gets a little painfull snap and then after that i dont feel pain anymore and when i run i dont have a problem and its mostly my left knee