are hack squats bad for your shoulders?
an example of a hack squat:
http://www.eas.com/training/animations.asp
click on --> legs --> Hack squat
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Why would someone do squats like that? Just use a barbell and do regular squats and you won't even have to worry about your shoulders.
the reason you do hack squats are because they work nearly every muscle in your entire body. i know that by waking up the day afer doing them. they are generally used for football my fball coach had us doing them. after a couple of sets i never tried them again. they shot pain through my whole arm.
so do you think they would be good for baseball?
i had a little bit of pressure through the middle of my back!
Ballslinar21 - What angle do you have the foot thingy on when you are doing the hack squat?
i had a little bit of pressure through the middle of my back!
Ballslinar21 - What angle do you have the foot thingy on when you are doing the hack squat?
No need for hack squats. Stick with ground-based squats such as back squats, front squats, zercher squats and overhead squats.
Not sure why anyone would do machine hack squats. If you want to do hack squats do them with the barbell the way they were intended to be done.
Not sure why anyone would do machine hack squats. If you want to do hack squats do them with the barbell the way they were intended to be done.
Anything on a machine is usually not to great for you. Jon wrote something one this somewhere bewteen here and his blog, I think everyone should read it who liftd.
machines allow you do isolate muscles and if you dont know correct form with squats they are really bad for your back, which is why i do hacks!
You can never truly isolate a muscle.
Besides, even if you could, why would you want to? Nothing performed in baseball (or life for that matter) is done in isolation.
Machines are actually more dangerous in most instances. IMO the hack squat is one of those. The machine forces you into a pre-determined movement. Do you have a machine help you when you throw or pitch?
Why not just learn the correct squatting technique and do so with a barbell or dumbbells? You will receive much more benefit.
Besides, even if you could, why would you want to? Nothing performed in baseball (or life for that matter) is done in isolation.
Machines are actually more dangerous in most instances. IMO the hack squat is one of those. The machine forces you into a pre-determined movement. Do you have a machine help you when you throw or pitch?
Why not just learn the correct squatting technique and do so with a barbell or dumbbells? You will receive much more benefit.
Machine hack squats have wrecked many a knee.
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