Thiswhen you have bad brittle knees
it feels nice to keep em warm w sweats
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Thiswhen you have bad brittle knees
it feels nice to keep em warm w sweats
You lost me at no show socksI just can't do sweats with socks over the bottom. I prefer to play in shorts with 3/4 tights and quarter or no show socks. Compression and warmth of the 3/4 tights helps with my hamstrings and knees, but my lower legs breath and help keep me from overheating and sweating too much.
But my no shows are elite socks.You lost me at no show socks
I can’t hoop in anything except Nike elite socks
interested in this as well...For those that own both XX and NXXT, which one do you prefer to hoop in and why?
Regular 20’s…Probably just depends on what you prefer. XX has more cushion. NXXT has more of a low to the ground feeling.
Champs house brand socks, they have a low cut that doesn’t show outside of the hoop shoe, no markings. Very comfortable and they have no seam at the toe.anybody recommend a thin *** sock for these with no logos![]()
Idk bout y’all but seems like everyone hooped in tights (under shorts) a few years ago but not as much now. I’m in Florida which could play a part. Like it be a zillion degrees here so even though we play indoors i admit I used to wear tights but rarely do now.I just can't do sweats with socks over the bottom. I prefer to play in shorts with 3/4 tights and quarter or no show socks. Compression and warmth of the 3/4 tights helps with my hamstrings and knees, but my lower legs breath and help keep me from overheating and sweating too much.
I feel you there. Although the alternative was the Jordan shorts that had me looking like tj ford lol.When you got long *** legs like me and every pair of hoops shorts these days are 9 or 7 in inseams, the compression pants under make you look like you’re not from Semi-Pro![]()
Real talk, as mentioned above, I'm assuming most of us on NT got old brittle knees. I'm not even 30 yet but I tore my meniscus and had surgery when I was 20. Very minor arthroscopic procedure but it was a humbling experience. I never cared about hoop shoes tech-wise til after that when I learned I had to take better care of myself. Zoom air and dense foam for me only for running and basketball ever since.For as much research and development some of you guys put into your gym attire, you better be MJ level gawd at the local YMCA.
*Shrugs*
Real talk, as mentioned above, I'm assuming most of us on NT got old brittle knees. I'm not even 30 yet but I tore my meniscus and had surgery when I was 20. Very minor arthroscopic procedure but it was a humbling experience. I never cared about hoop shoes tech-wise til after that when I learned I had to take better care of myself. Zoom air and dense foam for me only for running and basketball ever since.
For anyone trying to rehab or fix their knee pain, I recommend starting with body weight isometrics and slow eccentrics.
Isometric means holding an exercise for time. I like to start people off holding a deep lunge with the back knee hovering above the ground. Start off with the front knee making about a 90 degree angle and do a few sets of 30 second holds.Can you describe or show some common exercises that you recommend people do?
Isometric means holding an exercise for time. I like to start people off holding a deep lunge with the back knee hovering above the ground. Start off with the front knee making about a 90 degree angle and do a few sets of 30 second holds.
Eccentrics means the lowering phase of an exercise and is usually when the involved muscles are being lengthened / stretched. Slow eccentrics builds stamina and endurance in a muscle and help with durability (car breaks analogy). Someone like d rose had insane burst and power but not enough eccentric strength and stability to control it, hence the injuries.
A good starting exercise for eccentrics is lowering yourself down to a chair or couch while standing only on one leg. So lower yourself on one leg, stand up on two, and repeat for like 10 reps per leg. Try to count to 3 as you lower down and don’t fall on to your butt.
Not sure how to post video clips here, so here is a screenshot. I’m doing these for reps (also standing up on one leg) which is the next step after the eccentrics.
There’s actually a lot of good stuff people can do at home with little to no equipment and just body weight. The next step to progress these exercises is to turn them into reps up and down, and eventually into jumps. Here’s an old clip of me doing some stuff. Wish I still had those Kobe’s lolThanks! Soon as I stood up to do one I remembered doing them in years gone by. Appreciate you!
Any time man. One other thing to mention is training the tibialis which is the shin muscle. Basketball players typically over use their calves and have underdeveloped tibialis, which are meant to be shock absorbers.