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Hack Squat

Hack Squat is a machine legs exercise for the quads, and it also works the glutes. If you cannot do it, Pendulum Squat or V-Squat Machine are good swaps.

  • Quads
  • Legs
  • Machine

Muscles worked

  • Quads · main
  • Glutes

How to do it

  1. Stand on the platform with your back flat against the pad and your feet shoulder-width, mid-platform.
  2. Release the safeties and brace your abs.
  3. Lower until your thighs are at least parallel to the platform, knees over your toes.
  4. Push back up through your whole foot, stopping just short of locking out.

Watch out: Letting your heels lift or your hips peel off the pad at the bottom.

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