Bells of Steel Hydra Leg Extension Leg Curl Attachment Review

Review of the BoS Hydra rack leg extension/leg curl attachment.
#bellsofsteel
Near the end I mention that there are other attachments like this coming out that I believe have similar issues. I'm not talking about other BoS attachments; I mean things like the Titan and Bullet Proof rack attached products. I'm a big fan of BoS, I've owned a lot of their stuff, and I'll keep going to them first for gear.

[@BELLSOFSTEEL]

Appreciate the in depth look at our new hydra attachment! Really GOOD point about making a leg attachment work in unison to the lat pulldown, i'm going to bring this up with out team!

[@ShawntreezyBreezy]

Nice rack 👊, i opted not to puchase this but i was iching to grab it still. What stopped me is that I didn't notice you could offset the weight Peg and separate it from the angle of the foot pad so you can adjust it where the tension could start earlier like on my Titan Fitness leg extension leg curl machine that has the cam action with the weight Peg being separate from the actual leg pad. I was actually rooting for the cable machine being able to work with the eyelet since that looks so perfect and in line with it. I read your other comment and they do make collars with built-in eyelets if you wanted to try it that way but I really liked the idea of building something back there on the lat machine that has the stabilizer bar with all those holes just sitting there ready for something ingenious to happen

[@carps_gym]

Yeah I have been wanting one of these

[@chuckwaggon2435]

Ahh, I see several other folks have already discussed the band idea 👍

[@BritishTexan707]

Nice video

[@matthewcordeiro2073]

I’ll hook some bands with the plates that will fix the resistance curve.

[@jayseb]

💯 right. And adding bands is just always very useful and so underused!

[@mikesbigtank6015]

Resistance band hooked up to peg and the weight horn.

[@neverendingweekend]

thanks for the review 👍 I was really hoping this would be good. Do you think that if you used the eyelet with the pulley but even out the weight with more plates on the plate pin, would it balance itself out and not torque to one side? now that you've had it for awhile, (or did you return it?) you still feel the same way? thanks again!

[@djoDadof2]

The weights don't counter the torque due to the direction of the force on the eyelet, unfortunately. I sold it after having it for only a little while. I haven't heard of anyone using the eyelet this way, so maybe it just can't work the way I hoped.

[@neverendingweekend]

@@djoDadof2 that too bad. Thanks for the quick reply.

[@chuckwaggon2435]

I haven’t read through all of the comments so maybe this suggestion has already been made but what about adding a band attachment point, perhaps under the seat, with the other end attached to the eyelet on the roller? Depending on the band’s length one oughta be able to get plenty of tension at the beginning of the leg extension and likely wouldn’t need as many plates on the last 50% of the extension for awhile.

[@lsmjake]

Have you tried placing the attachment on the other side of your rack? Thus, you'd be sitting outside the rack and then you could attach the lower pulley to the weight peg. Does this allow a better resistance curve while also not twisting and hitting your rack? Does the leg pad stay flat so it's parallel to the floor in use so both legs get the same range of motion?

[@djoDadof2]

Interesting idea. I don't know where the cable would attach since there's no eyelet on the weight arm, but you might be able to work something out. The leg pad is attached firmly but there is some play. It's very minor though and won't affect range of motion.

[@WesBos]

@@djoDadof2 Try a leg cuff that around the weight horn - it might work out nicely

[@jeffbrewster4024]

Nice setup, I like the black ceiling, wish that had been done in my basement! I'm not sure why these companies haven't put effort into integrating these machines with weight stacks. There's a reason these machines are cable driven typically in gyms. It's that resistance curve. I've not seen a decent solution for home gyms yet other than buying a dedicated machine.

[@Jonnynot1plate]

Are you still enjoying it? Have you added a band to it increase resistance at the bottom?

[@djoDadof2]

Sold it shortly after receiving it. I didn't try a resistance band.

[@Jonnynot1plate]

@@djoDadof2 thanks for letting me know. Did you find something you like instead to do hamstring curls?

[@djoDadof2]

Nordics and RDLs ;-)

[@DMobley232]

Do you have video of it connected to the pulley system?

[@djoDadof2]

Nope, sorry.

[@b2284]

Bells of Steel social media does on IG. They added a new eyelet so you can easily attach it to a pully machine. They showed it off on the all in one trainer even, it's a little bit of a tight fit but it works

[@malcolmdeas7160]

Did you keep it?

[@djoDadof2]

Sold it.

[@malcolmdeas7160]

@@djoDadof2thanks for the reply. Have you looked at any alternatives?

[@michaelderenne9838]

If I were you I'd invest in a microphone

[@djoDadof2]

Ha! Maybe when I get past 5 videos ;-)