Dramaty i dramaciki przez marynarzy napisane misje wygląda to nieźle and they're worth considering if you're a raw lifter who's stuck the stubborn mindset of incessantly labeling and categorizing lifts as raw or classic raw on social media. The knee joint is one of the strongest joint your rig. It's formed from the synovial hinge made up of the and bones. Basically, the distal end of the femur meets up with the proximal end of the tibia like a puzzle piece, with the patella protecting the anterior side of the joint. Still with me? Hold on, here's a picture: Not only does the patella protect your knees but it's a player the squat. This triangular island of bone is tethered on one side by the to the and by the to the on the other. During a squat, the load of the weight at the knee is placed upon this bone as tendons on either side of it engage a tug of war to bend and straighten the joint under load. Basically, you need this bone and these tendons. In addition to aiding knee injury prevention, knee wraps worn during squatting can improve your force production simply by tweaking your form. In a study performed by the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Chichester, across the pond the UK, ten blokes set off to squat 80% of their 1 rep front of some high res cameras for some science folk. Among the obvious advantages speed, force production and support that the wrapped squatters received, they also enjoyed a 39% reduction displacement of the bar over the non-wrapped subjects. This means they didn't let the weight shift onto their toes, let their hips shoot up or good morning the bar back to the j-cups. Sounds like their backs enjoyed the experiment just as much as their knees did, which leads me to the next reason: According to the same UK study above, the test subjects who wore knee wraps dropped down into the hole 45% faster the eccentric phase and came up 20% faster on the concentric phase of the test squats. The subjects who wore knee wraps also applied 10% more vertical impulse to the barbell, meaning a significantly more powerful squat. Now let's be honest, ever since knee wraps evolved from elastic bandages and turned into something thicker than toilet paper, people have enjoyed getting pounds and pounds out of them. With today's advancement and blending of materials, it's not unheard of for a lifter to get up to 50lbs out of a pair of knee wraps. Of course this is dependant on variables like wrap length, wrapping style, revolutions around the leg and favorite, tightness A great modern day example of the amount of over that modern wraps can offer are the squats performed by elite powerlifter Eric Lilliebridge. Eric set a new no wrap squat record on 1 15 of 914lbs 308lbs knee sleeves, but has squatted 1 with wraps training only months earlier November of 2014. I use knee sleeves for warm ups and lighter sets, but occasionally I'll experience pain when working the percentage range at or around working sets for the day. It's at that point that I wrap knees. But it turns out that it's more than just the compression at work that gets me through sets. In a study conducted by the University of Limerick Ireland, 10 subjects who reported anterior knee pain were observed while performing single leg squats with the symptomatic leg under three different conditions. The tests were conducted once for every subject while wearing each of the following: patellar tape, placebo tape, and no tape. The test subjects were scored on their reported pain level and squat depth each of their three tests. Not only did the test squats performed with the patellar tape score the lowest reported pain but they also scored the highest knee joint flexion and squat range of motion this study. The style which you wrap can have as much affect on the performance increase you enjoy as the actual brand or material of the wrap itself. As I mentioned earlier, some wraps are thick and stretchy and some are thinner and stiff. Your squat stance dictate your preferences. A close stance squatter prefer a softer and stretchier material