A sample training routine for legs
using hack squats is listed below.
If you find your grip giving out when doing barbell or dumbbell shrugs, try
using the hack squat machine or the standing calf raise machine.
The reasons I like hack squats are the absence of heavy resistance on your back and shoulders compared to regular squats, ability to train thigh muscles while limiting excessive hip development and the lack of weight balancing when
using a hack squat machine.
Not exact matches
Get all of the leg press and
hack squat machine benefits you've been looking for, plus
use it for donkey
squats and calf raises!
This
hack squat machine weight load capacity is up to 500 pounds
using Olympic - style plates.
For
Hack Squats, Romanian Deadlifts, Lying Leg Curls and Leg Abductors, Dwayne Johnson
uses 12 reps. To finish his legs workout, The Rock works his calves with both standing and seated calf raises.
Whether you
use free weights (i.e. barbells and dumbbells) or machines (i.e. the Smith machine and
hack squat) also determine the effectiveness of the
squat, with barbells being superior to the rest.
But what is the best training program to
use with
hack squats?
In North America the name
Hack Squat is the term most often
used when describing this exercise.