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Originally Posted by Talo
I don't think Eric was talking about your pre workout meal . I think he meant your pre workout stretching.
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Yes. Thank you, TALO.
You don't want to do those static stretches before a workout. What would be better is a dynamic mobility routine and I'd highly recommend starting with some foam rolling.
Look in the Stretching and Flexibility artice and you will find a bunch of videos with good mobility moves.
If you get a foam roller we can give you some info. All this in itself could pretty much clear up some imbalances without a whole lot of though and your knee would probably be fine. This sort of warmup will "warm" your entire body up, mobilize, get the nervous system firing on all cylinders and so enable you to lift MORE.
Some static stretching for the problematic muscles can be done after the workout.