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Going to go back on the PTC program again as ever since Xmas and my hospital visit I haven't been following a plan.
Now, my gym has a smith machine no free weight barbell. Apparently it's for some legal safety thing as it's 24/7. Has dumbells that go up to 40kg, and EZ curl bars.
I don't really want to squat on the smith machine, and squatting dumbells will be easy very soon (40kgx2=80kg) so I'm thinking of hack squatting with the EZ curl bar.
What I want to know is, is the hack squat focusing on different muscle groups differently rather then a traditional squat? Would this be ok, or would you suggest squatting on the smith machine, gahh
I've been following the Dorian Yates training program that was featured on bb.cum for a while now an it uses hack squats.
I find them very good as u can concentrate on a good solid deep stetching and squeezing of the quads safely. They seem to be good, that being said I dont imagine u use as many supporting muscle groups on a hack squat compared to a bb squat.
Yeah exactly
If worse comes to worst you can do u unilateral squat variations with DBs eg reverse lunges w/front foot on a block, Bulgarian split squats
Would zercher squats on the smith be very effective?
I know nothing compares to free weight, but you get my point.
I'm still looking for something that won't cut out lower back completely, such as those smith squats where you stand in front of the bar and lean back into it
Would zercher squats on the smith be very effective?
I know nothing compares to free weight, but you get my point.
I'm still looking for something that won't cut out lower back completely, such as those smith squats where you stand in front of the bar and lean back into it
hack squats with your toes pointing slightly outward and go deep as hell, no excuses on the hack squat machine, doing this i find you can seriously smash your quads.
Kevin Levrone has some really good tips on hack squats on his youtube chanel.
Have fun
p.s join a gym with squat rack, you cant dead,squat,mp at yours which is shit
I know I should join another gym, its more of a fitness studio I guess, but I'm in the middle of choosing to relocate, and I think after that I will be going the home gym way and getting my own rack. I will stick with what I have got at the moment
i found hack squats puts too much pressure on my knees and it stuffed my left knee. I mean my knees r stuffed anyway so I go to the physio but the hack squats made the problem worse where as normal squats were fine.