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Hack squat (machine)
Legs · Machine
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 4
Reps8 to 12
RIR1 to 2
Machines and cables hold the path for you, so you can work closer to failure than with free weights.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Quads.
Secondary: Glutes, Adductors.
Estimate your one-rep max
Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Hack squat (maskin)
- Swedish Hack squat (maskin)
- Danish Hack squat (maskine)
- German Hack Squat (Maschine)
- Spanish Sentadilla hack (máquina)
- Italian Hack squat (macchina)
- Portuguese Agachamento hack (máquina)
- Russian Гакк-приседания
- French Hack squat (machine)
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