Squats and knees

[Durendal]

After years of inactivity I've decided to do something about my out of shaped body and start working out again. I've previously done about a year and a half of lifting in my late teens but back then I never really did much for my legs, a mistake I don't intend of repeating, so here's where the squats part comes in.

Never having done this lift before I figured it'd be a good idea for the first week just to do body weight and focus on the form before putting anything heavy on my back. Been doing sets of 20 reps of these squats and noticed near the lowest points I'm hearing audible popping noises from both knees, no pain just these noises. The question is this something that I should be concerned about or could it just be the joint not used to this specific motion and after a few weeks it'll go away?

[low blow]

After years of inactivity I've decided to do something about my out of shaped body and start working out again. I've previously done about a year and a half of lifting in my late teens but back then I never really did much for my legs, a mistake I don't intend of repeating, so here's where the squats part comes in.

Never having done this lift before I figured it'd be a good idea for the first week just to do body weight and focus on the form before putting anything heavy on my back. Been doing sets of 20 reps of these squats and noticed near the lowest points I'm hearing audible popping noises from both knees, no pain just these noises. The question is this something that I should be concerned about or could it just be the joint not used to this specific motion and after a few weeks it'll go away?

If it causes no pain then I don't think its a problem, thats my anecdotal advice.

I think usually the problem stems from if its just air escaping the joint or if its a tendon/ligament popping - which is why it seems some people do get pain from popping while others don't.

im no expert though, i'd just keep an eye on it and make sure you're doing a really good warm up

[Tapitytaptap]

its just tendons moving around. As you start to build muscle, and get the technique down, they'll tighten up, and the noise should go away, as the joint stability increases. Slow the movement down, and really contract you calves, glutes and hammies all through the movement.

[230plus]

I don't necessarily dis-agree with the advice given. I DO DISAGREE with you doing 20 rep squats with your bodyweight of 202....especially when you said you have NEVER done this exercise. Am I missing something..... A 20 rep squat routine...I don't care if it is for one set is a lot to accomplish just starting an exercise out the gate. And you wonder why you are hearing noises. Start off slow.

[Durendal]

When I said body weight I meant just my body weight, no bar on my shoulders, guess I should of said squats with no weight at all. Thanks for the advice guys, got a little concerned when it sounded like walking on bubble wrap at the bottom of the movement, I'll keep with it and strengthen things up.