Oooh . . . secrets! We love us some secrets!

Not everyone knows this - and this is especially true if you’re a new lifter or at least new to using knee sleeves - but when it comes to putting on your knee sleeves, there is one method to rule them all. Anything else is a waste of your time and energy, so let’s take a look at how you should put on a sleeve (photos below):

Turn the sleeve inside-out.
Grab the sleeve with both hands so that it’s upside down and backward (i.e., the front of the sleeve - the part that will cover your kneecap - is facing backward).
Before you put on your shoe, pull the sleeve over your foot until it comes up just past your ankle.
Spin the sleeve around so that it’s facing forward again (i.e., the front of the sleeve is facing forward).
Pull on the uppermost part of the sleeve - sliding the sleeve upward until it reaches a point a few inches below your knee. (If you like, you can perform step 5 before step 4.)
Grab the lowermost part of the sleeve (it’s actually the “top” of the sleeve, but it’s still upside down right now, remember?) and pull upward so that that portion of the sleeve starts sliding over the rest of the sleeve. As you continue doing this, the sleeve will be turning right-side-out again.
Feel free to make some minor adjustments, but really, at this point, you’re done.

Now, go out and tell your friends because - after all - this is a secret that everyone kneeds to know.