Am I using the Hack Squat machine wrong?
Hey yall it’s the wanna be Wonder Woman girl if any of you commented on that post before. If not hi, I’m a beginner. I’m typing this on my fourth day lol
So yes i did just start the gym this week and im loving it. Granted i couldn’t walk properly for two days but i love being there and i love the satisfaction of leaving.
So yesterday was my second leg day. (Monday being my first [glutes and hamstring]) Wednesday was for quads and glutes.
My last machine was the hack squat machine. It only had 25lb weights on it but I couldn’t go nearly into my squat deep enough without feeling my knees and legs feels unsupported.
I tried a few reqs but at some point my knees and locked in a deep squat I couldn’t get back out of and I panicked for like two seconds before using all my might to comeback to safe stance.
I know the machine had safety locks on but I was scared as hell from that. I thought it would crush me lol.
Prior to using the hack squat machine I used the leg press mostly until failure and did some single presses for my glutes. Then I did leg curls which was a killer, and then I did the hack squat machine.
Prior to come in my legs were already really sore from Monday’s workout so maybe that’s why I was feeling so weak on that machine but I’m genuinely not sure why I couldn’t handle it.