Hack Squats. This helps to test and improve your ability to Squat as deep as possible and grease the groove for the regular barbell Back Squat. Hack squats are an exercise that works the leg muscles particularly the quadriceps.
The hack squat is something of an in-between of the barbell squat and the leg press. The reverse hack squat machine and the smith machines achieve the same results when it comes to building more power in your legs. As the name implies hack squats are similar to free-weight squats.
It is also a machine exercise designed to train and strengthen the entire lower body including the hips hamstrings quads and core muscles.
It is often performed for moderate to high reps such as 8. The hack squat is a highly effective way to train the quadriceps which is made up of four different muscles. The focus of the barbell hack squat is the quadriceps muscles. BUFF DUDES T-SHIRT.