I ' ve gone back and forth over the years a few times . The last time I used wraps Which were the Hookgrip russian wraps I liked the added compression on my knees it sort of felt like everything was being held together a little better . I would just throw them on at the start of clean and jerks or squats and leave them on the entire session , light enough that they didn ' t cut off circulation but could still give me stability . However , 2 major things made me switch back to my rehband ' s . 1 I noticed I was cranking them just a LITTLE harder on big heavy attempts i . e . I was relying on them . I wanted to have confidence in my own strength at a given weight , and know that I was hitting a given weight due to my strength , and not how tight I wrapped my knee wraps , even if it was just helping by 510 kg . 2 Mattie Rogers wears knee sleeves , so I wanted to wear knee sleeves . EDIT I should clarify I have also had bad bouts of knee tendinitis over the years I originally went with wraps to try alleviating this they felt better . But now I just warmup properly and have minimal discomfortpain .