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Da Bullpen | Knee Wraps for Heavy Squats For Big Legs, Make Your Legs Do the Work Da Bullpen | Knee Wraps for Heavy Squats For Big Legs, Make Your Legs Do the Work Written by George “Da Bull” Peterson III 21 May 2021
For Big Legs, Make Your Legs Do the Work
What is you take on knee wraps? Do you use them? If so, why, and do you only use them on certain leg movements or only when you are going extra heavy? I hear conflicting advice about knee wraps and don’t know if I should use them or not.
I do use knee wraps, but only for my heaviest sets of squats. I typically warm up with 135, 225 and 315 before I put the wraps on for 405 and up. I feel the wraps help protect my knees because I do have extremely small joints, which is perfect for bodybuilding but a liability when it comes to putting tremendous loads on the muscles. I remember early on wh ....