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@faithfulsteward7 I make my legs very wide in the squat, and almost move my knees to the side out of the way so I can get depth. But you have to be careful doing this and make sure your hip is supporting the weight and not your knees. Practice different stances without weight and see what works...

@terrastorm Absolutely agree. I need 8-10. And women need more sleep in general!

@romans5to8 How often do you lift? How many calories do you eat? Do you track your micro nutrients (vitamins and minerals)? You won't get the same endorphin rush from weightlifting generally. You can add some conditioning at the end (higher intensity stuff) or a bit of cardio during the week...

@magdalenab 30g max per serving was a (rather persistent) myth

@angelod Right? It is a struggle. I enjoy weightlifting because I actually gain a ton of proprioception from it as well as bigger muscles help in limiting my extra mobility beneficially, but that definitely did not used to be the case before lots of guidance.

@jimz It really depends on your own anatomy of course, and level of hypermobility. Maybe be more conservative with depth but also start without much weight - lower than you usually would - to really nail down form again without fear (because imo fear is also a massive part after injury). I'd...

@ortho Going past parallel isn't for everyone's anatomy. I could theoretically do it but because I'm hypermobile it actually puts me at a very high risk for disc probs in my back, which I'm still recovering from. If going past parallel is difficult, try sticking to parallel for a bit and see...