do a lot of you guys like hack squats for reps?

[mister69]

I was reading dc's training and realized that he stated if your legs are laggin in the routine yuo can add one set of 6 on hack squats then rest then follow it by a brutal set of 20 .

I have never done hack squats i have never even done front squats the only squats i have done are pause and reg squats (which work great!)

Do alot of you guys see good results with hack squats for reps?

 

[Eze]

DC's program he recommends to some people with lagging legs to do 1 set of 6-8. Take a good rest, lower the weight, and blast out a set of 20.

But the 12th rep you should feel like you are going to die, but if you have guts you will find a way to get that 20th rep.


If you quads are not lagging then a set of 8 followed by a set of 4 is fine

 

[jcp2]

I used to do hacks for 2 sets of 20 that i rarely got followed by 2 sets of squats followed by two sets of sldls. Hacks were a better quad builder than squats for me.

 

[DirkMoneyshot]

I like Hacks a lot better then squats

 

[mister69]

wow, that is alot of leg work, i prob would be lucky to make it through the last sets of sldl.

Yeah my gym right now i am at, has a hack machine and never really seen one at other gyms

I used to do hacks for 2 sets of 20 that i rarely got followed by 2 sets of squats followed by two sets of sldls. Hacks were a better quad builder than squats for me.

 

[Eze]

Make sure you keep your feet high on the platform, or else it will put a lot of stress on your knees.

Play around abit with foot postioning, I really like to keep my feet together. It really blasts the lateral side of your quads.

- Feet High
- Find on foot position that works best for YOU.
- Ass To The Grass!!

 

[mister69]

yeah funny thing is not that many guys squat at my gym, i mean the older guys obviously do cause they are smart, but the guys my age do quarter free weight squats which does nothing but embarrass them.

 

[Eze]

There is one guy at my gym that I like to compare myself to. We have pretty similar physiques.

One day we were both doing legs (he always works out in pants, so I don't know how well his legs are). Well he has 3 45's on each side and not even going to parallel. I watched for a couple mins as I wanted him to think I was impressed.

I throw 4 45's on each side and bust out a solid 10 reps ass to the ground.

I'm not a big lifter at all, but I just had to laugh to myself.

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Give those hacks a try, but keep an eye on your knees. If your knees start to hurt, make sure your feet are high enough on the platform.

 

[mister69]

will give em a try, but for now i am on a basic pullinbig routine and my lifts on reg squats are moving up so once i hit a wall, i may throw in hacks as a replacement.

 

[string_bean00]

I enjoy a 12 rep set of hacks after squats.