Hack Squat (Machine)
Squat on an angled machine with the back and shoulders supported against a padded carriage. Also called Hack Squat.
- Pattern
- Squat
- Equipment
- Machine
- Works
- Quads, glutes
- Loads
- Hips, knees, ankles
If something hurts
Not medical advice. Sharp pain, numbness or swelling needs someone qualified to look at it.
Each swap below spares one joint.
Hip Sissy Squat
Knee-only movement; the hip barely moves.
When it stalls, these usually help
Direct quad work that finishes the knee straightening a hack squat needs.
Direct hip work, which the upright machine gives less of.
How Swolver coaches it
This lift is read from your own sessions. When it goes flat for four weeks, Swolver names the likely cause in plain words, such as weekly sets that dropped, and the one change to make. The rules are all on the method page.