Hack Squat
A step-by-step form guide from the Ægir Iron exercise library: how to do the lift, what to watch for, and the muscles it trains.
- Equipment
- Machine
HOW TO PERFORM
- Set shoulders and back against the pads, feet on the platform.
- Lower under control to depth.
- Drive back up through the whole foot.
TARGET MUSCLES
Primary
- Quads
Secondary
- Glutes
- Adductors
- Hamstrings
In the app
This guide covers these exercises in the Ægir Iron library:
- Hack Squat
- Reverse Hack Squat
Log it in Ægir Iron to track your PRs and estimated 1RM, and to see the sets each muscle gets every week. Free for individual lifters.