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I do standing calve raises with a barbell, just using machines trains your muscles to work in isolation, which in the long run will make you more prone to injury.

Too much oblique work, not a balanced overall workout program, because if you genetically have a blocky waist, you can train in such a way to give your body the illusion of a vtapered waist. You know...

i wouldn't really put my hands on my knees, thats more pressure at the knee joint, you could put them on your thighs instead if your need to put your hands on your legs at all.

the muscles could be tight in that area, rolling around your hips, quads, hamstrings, calves, glutes, making sure everywhere is good and there is no tightness around that area, or away from that area...

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Are you stretching and foam rolling to relieve tension around your body and keep your joints and muscles healthy?

stay hydrated too

You're growing, and you shouldn't be lifting. Body weight exercises are fine but anything with weights may damage your growth.
Just chill out and focus on bodyweight exercises and even stretches...

You need to sit back in your deadlift, having your legs straight like that is bad for your back and also puts a lot of pressure, needless pressure, than if you learn to sit back more, which will...

You have to foam roll that out, I find when its causing me issues, its the glutes and lower back sometimes that have an impact. You have to release the tension that training causes, stretching and...

To be honest, I train to failure with heavy weights first and also with endurance high rep work.

But it is normal, you want your workload to get harder the more you go into your workout, and be...

Are you hydrated before and after? Do you stretch your muscles out? Do you foam roll? Do you have enough salt in your diet?

You know that pain could be a result of tension built up around your lower body, do you stretch and foam roll?

The quads, hamstrings, calves, glutes, all get really tight very easily and can pull...

It could be that it is weaker, may be underdeveloped than your dominate side. It could be due to how you're performing the exercises, may be leaning to one side, putting more pressure on one side...

You shouldn't really look at one compound lift in isolation and expect that to increase.
I did that at the start of bodybuilding, and I actually neglected the rest of my body, or didn't do as much...

You have to warm up the joints before you exercise, remember you have synovial fluid that help cushion your joints and bones, and it only really protects your joints if the joints are warm. ...

I had the same issue for years, I've been working on it and I find that using hip circle type bands have helped them a lot.

Are you pushing through your glutes and hamstrings from the bottom portion of the squat upwards, because if you aren't and the weight is too heavy for your current level of development, you'll lean...

How is your range of motion are you able to go to full depth?

Size and strength depends on how you train, your legs have hamstring and glutes too. The size of your legs will depend on those areas...

If it causes you pain, don't do it. It's not necessary.
If it's a grip issue use wraps, but it is pretty light weight. I think you need to just build upper body strength in general.
Drop the...

Have you practiced just contracting the triceps one arm at a time without any weights just to see what's going on.

It's normal to have imbalances. You just need to concentrate a bit more on the...

Have you tried Sumo deadlifts? You are already pretty much in an upright position and may find that more suitable.

I do both, deadlifts and rackpulls. If you think about it, rackpulls only work...