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Originally Posted by swingerofbirches

Christos - the plan is to SED for 30 days and then see how I feel. I'd imagine that I'll take a break from it and go back to 2-3x/wk like I was doing before. This SED routine is more of a mental exercise than physical one. Yeah I'm adding weight to my PRs but the biggest aspect is the commitment to being in the gym every day, no exceptions (even if it's just for 15min to do some light squatting) for at least 30 days. Other factors had made me consider sleeves prior to even starting this routine ... old sports injury (right knee), ever increasing age (34) and the fact that I'm a big fella so not only do I have the weight of the bar but also a less dexterous body than someone my age who didn't let themselves go. Not sure what you mean by "quick fix"?

I'm referring to the sleeves as a quick fix. In my view I would rather get down to the root cause and get that fixed. That takes time, effort, and sometimes money. In my time of lifting, I've found that any time I'm doing something to work around a problem I pay for that problem later on in some other way. Maybe a knew sleeve isn't such a severe case and is something that wouldn't lead to other problems. My advice will always be to fix the problem. Take my advice for what it is worth, if your goals don't include spending time to do that then by all means a knee sleeve should help you. It isn't something I would do. Just offering my two cents