@emilybuwalda: 📥 IF YOU WANT TO BE HUMBLED… TRY THIS EXERCISE… (1.5 Rep Hack Squats)! 🥵 • 🧨 Pro Tip - For even MORE quad focus, use a narrow stance! 🔥 • ⭐️ TRY THIS EXERCISE… (1.5 Rep Hack Squats)! 🥵 ꫂ ၴႅၴ Hack Squats are one of THE most humbling exercise exercises that I’ll ever do. 💯 ꫂ ၴႅၴ You can compare it to barbell squats with the motion of the exercise, but these are way more quad focused. 💯 ꫂ ၴႅၴ For barbell squats, you’re using your entire posterior chain to move the barbell up and down. 💯 ꫂ ၴႅၴ Even if you’re doing quad focused barbell squats, your glutes, hamstrings, and core are all going to be activated at one point during the exercise. 💯 ꫂ ၴႅၴ For Hack Squats, the machine provides you with support that barbell squats don’t give you. 💯 ꫂ ၴႅၴ There’s no need to try and balance yourself on the Hack Squat machine because the back rest already does that for you. 💯 ꫂ ၴႅၴ This machine also allows MORE knee flexion, aka your knees going over your toes, which ultimately puts more emphasis on the quads. 💯 ꫂ ၴႅၴ Completing the motion of the Hack Squat is humbling enough, BUT if you want to take it to the next level, add little half reps into the mix! 💪🏽 ꫂ ၴႅၴ Find a comfortable position on the platform for your feet. I would place them a little further up than directly beneath you. 💯 ꫂ ၴႅၴ Make sure your back is pressed firmly against the back rest. 💯 ꫂ ၴႅၴ Lower down to at least that 90° angle position. 💯 ꫂ ၴႅၴ Raise back up about 6 inches, go back down, then push back up to starting position again - this is the HALF REP. 💯 ꫂ ၴႅၴ You’re using your ENTIRE foot to push that Hack Squat back up! 💯 ꫂ ၴႅၴ CONTROL the machine on the way down. 💯 ꫂ ၴႅၴ Start with a lower weight at first to get the motion down. Let’s get to WORK! 💪🏽 • #TeamLegion #LegionAthletics #LegionAthlete #fyp #foryou

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