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Why not a underhand and what would be the difference?

my shoulder is killing me but the positioning that I was using according to my experience with the free weights decline I would touch the bar to the lower part of the pecs when lifting. So I was positioning the seat where the handle bar on the hammer strength was at the lower part of the pecs too and pushing out from that point was killing my shoulders.

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It's a squat press! They have a crescent motion and work a bit differently than the leg press. I love the one at my gym.

How do you grab the bars when seated down- my arms are short and I struggle to reach both

Is it possible to get a straight bar lat pulldown bar and set it across the handles? That way it becomes more like a pulldown. Unclear if the handles/movement path will allow for that Thanks

what would you say is the difference between this machine and neutral/close grip of lat pulldown

What muscle groupe does it target?

…Huh…those toe raises would save me a lot of time for my calves instead of waiting for that machine to open up at my gym. Thanks for this.

I don't get the advice re taking our feet off the foot pads.

I love this machine. Feels like a natural arm movement, not like a machine. FYI, I'm at 305 lbs weight, only two more plates to be doing the stack.

I tried it today and it seemed so weird at first, but I liked it. I'll add calves too

Thank you Kev - this will immensely help me and my family as we go to 24 hour fitness. You should try to synergize with them!

this (and all your videos) have been very helpful.

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Are these good to use in place for other rows like bar rows dumbel rows etc?

My Issue Is Using It 10 Years Later Not Remember How To Read It Lol

Good demo, thank you for it. I've been using this machine for about a month once a week, and notice stronger and more prominent glutes, which using other methods did not accomplish. It might be the very full range of motion it offers me. I'm a little over 6 feet tall, but use the shorter leg setting in order to get a fuller range of motion up close to the body, and that works better for me than the longer legged setting designed for people over 6 feet tall. I can still extend my leg all the way out, as well as bring it up close, so there's no restraint of motion with it. It is a very tiring machine to use, and I need to rest after each leg. I'm not sure why it is so tiring, except it's planking position? It feels like it's using a lot of different muscles all at once. But I've gone from level 4 to 8 with the weight, so it's definitely making my glues stronger. I was having a hard time at first even with level 1, due to the weight of the apparatus plus my own leg weight, but quickly moved up to 4 then 8 and it's much easier now. I am going to hit this machine first while I have energy from now on, it tends to wipe me out. I do 5 sets of 5 reps, first two are warmup sets at 60 and 80 percent of max. That works for me to make strength gains easily and not lose enthusiasm. I'm 78 and find weight training excellent, along with stair climbing.

Do the different notches change the difficulty of the lift at all?

Can you get a hernia from these machine?

It would be very helpful if you named the muscles that are engaged with this machine and how this press differs from the other press machines.

where did you buy this leg press?

What type of exercise is that can anyone tell me please

Is hammer strength the best?

My knuckles keep getting scratched by the handles

awesome performance thank you very much

i thought the rails were removeable and I tried using them as handles😂 my dumbass

“My chest never comes of the pad” showing ankle where the chest comes off

I hurt my back doing this. Wish I saw this first

My feet do not touch the floor :l

I like using that machine with my knees bent when I've got the pedals pushed as far as they'll go to get the soleus in there. If it's impossible to complete the rep without pushing with my thighs, the seat is too close. For me, that's seat position 4. I'm 5'10.5 in barefoot shoes, and I use position 5. I also use pretty slow reps, though I do use some variety with a few isometric holds throughout. Sometimes I come down for a full stretch, sometimes I stop halfway in between and push it all the way out again. Sometimes I push a steady, but full pump with controlled eccentric movements until I can't move my feet anymore. I've also begun just pushing any amount of weight I can actually move. If I can move it, I do reps with it, even if I can only move it two inches. I already had bottom-heavy legs before getting a gym membership. Since I currently have the opposite problem that so many others seem to have (calves proportionally bigger than thighs), I promised myself I wouldn't work the rest of my body too much until I figure out how to get my calves to grow first. I was wrong in predicting it would be easy to grow calves if they were already big without trying. I was wrong. They're the size they are, and getting them to grow any more than they already have on their own seems to be as difficult for me as it is for anyone. But I think I'm seeing some results from these new approaches in the past month. I was afraid to push too much weight at first because I didn't want to hurt myself, but then I thought... if it doesn't hurt at all to push the weight, then push it, no matter what it is; if it feels off at all when doing it, stop immediately. Jeez, I write too much. No wonder I'm always so late going to bed.

not going to lie, I was at a gym the other day that had both the Hoist and a Life Fitness prone...I normally like the LF best, but another lifter was training on it so I half heartedly went to the Hoist. honestly some of those Roc-it machines I think are gimmicky and the weight stacks, idk but they are not accurate. back to the Hoist prone, from jump the feeling and squeeze I got on my hams was fantastic. I totally underestimated this machine! will now look to use one whenever possible. the seated leg curl was pretty good as well, not a lot of stress put on the knees.

Cautions: people please don't use this machine it is really harmful for your lumbar disc 4 weeks ago i used this kind of machine and then i could nt walk sit or stand up please be careful

Thxs!!! I am sitting here now and learning how to use it 🎉

i gotta try what you did by setting my feet first then sliding my hips down the back rest to the seat. I'm over 6' tall and basically gotta cram myself into this machine. great machine and explanation.

Thank you ! I was killing my shoulder doing this workout now I can do it properly

Just joined a gym that has one of these. Had never seen one prior. Its my favorite machine there!

Which one is for back form

What part of the body does it help to build

Thanks for this video. I was struggling to understand why this was called a decline press when the seat is inclined, and you helped me figure it out!

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some of the point of a hack squat is to getlots of quad load, you should have gone with foot placing closer to you, knees further towards/over toes and maybe a narrow stance.

This machine is super comfortable. I dunno why, but I can bench 270 on these for 6 reps, which is higher than on any other machine I've ever used. It's like an easy button. Something about how this machine takes pressure off my joints.

Is this for upper chest or decline which????

What's the target muscle? Front Delts?

Is it Important That the feet is on the Floor?

Hello Kevin my name is Glen thank you for putting this information out because I've been doing this incorrectly for many months I take it I'm not supposed to use my arms or my hands to pull the way down so I'm guessing I do it in some way where I'm using my abs I am guessing anyway any adult supervision would be greatly appreciated on this thank you

Thanks, but how do I use this in my training? Substitute for rows? Pullups? Should i put on heavy weights or just use it to strenghten shoulderblade muscles?