Are Squats hurting your knees?

[F1mom]

Squats are fine for my knees. It's lunges and curtsey dips which are kinda iffy.

[a_real_twit]

Originally Posted by theurbanhippie

Squats are fine for my knees. It's lunges and curtsey dips which are kinda iffy.

Ditto that. I have arthritis in both knees and an injured left knee. I can handle squats and hover squats with no more than 20lb.

Plie squats are out of the question and I have completely banished all forms of lunges from my life.

I do 90% of my lower body toning on the floor. I really hope will be able to use some portion of the STS legwork but I'm thinking not much.

Prior to my injury, I could do 14" leg presses holding weights with no problem, now, I can only handle 8" leg presses with no weights and am slowly trying to work my way to 10" then hopefully 12" down the road. I do not foresee being able to do 14" again absent some medical miracle.

[Cowgirl32]

hmm i'm the opposite when I DON'T do squats my knees hurt =)