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[DOMS]

Thanks, Pylon!

 

[DOMS]

Okay, I need some technical assistance.

There's a problem with me going to failure on my sets. At least with the Squats. When I go to failure, I end up having to put my bar on the sawhorses; but in order to re-rack it, I have to unload the bar, rack it, then reload. There goes the 10 second rest/pause.

...

Ya know, it just hit me why Archangel did Hack Squats and not Back Squats...

Okay, I'm going to rest up, and then restart my workout using Hack Squats.

 

[DOMS]

Just great...

Now I've got a tingling sensation in my crotch that has nothing to do with porn.

I might have stressed something trying to push that bar back up from the sawhorses.

Oh well, I'll just workout tomorrow. Tonight, I'm going to watch Train Man.

 

[fufu]

Starting the rep from the bottom can be mighty tough, you get non of that stretch reflex nor is your body given time to be accustomed to the load.

As long as you stay really tight you should be good, now rest that groin up!

 

[maniclion]

Okay, I need some technical assistance.

There's a problem with me going to failure on my sets. At least with the Squats. When I go to failure, I end up having to put my bar on the sawhorses; but in order to re-rack it, I have to unload the bar, rack it, then reload. There goes the 10 second rest/pause.

...

Ya know, it just hit me why Archangel did Hack Squats and not Back Squats...

Okay, I'm going to rest up, and then restart my workout using Hack Squats.

I have pegs on my rack at 2 foot so that if I do go to failure and need to rerack for the next set I just walk it up one side to the peg and then the other side to the peg then that side to the top and then the other side to the top...but make sure you have very strong collars on the ends so the weights won't slide off. I use the screw down type and a torque bar to hold mine...

 

[DOMS]

Starting the rep from the bottom can be mighty tough, you get non of that stretch reflex nor is your body given time to be accustomed to the load.

Isn't this the basis for Box Squats?

As long as you stay really tight you should be good, now rest that groin up!

Thanks, fufu! I'm feeling fine today.

 

[DOMS]

I have pegs on my rack at 2 foot so that if I do go to failure and need to rerack for the next set I just walk it up one side to the peg and then the other side to the peg then that side to the top and then the other side to the top...but make sure you have very strong collars on the ends so the weights won't slide off. I use the screw down type and a torque bar to hold mine...

Sadly, my squat has holes at various heights, but only two pegs. I really need to buy a new rack.

I think I'm just going to go with exercises where I can't get trapped at the bottom. Which, thinking about it, there aren't that many.

 

[Brutus_G]

maybe sissy squats? Leg extensions done after squats?

 

[Bakerboy]

Sadly, my squat has holes at various heights, but only two pegs. I really need to buy a new rack.

I think I'm just going to go with exercises where I can't get trapped at the bottom. Which, thinking about it, there aren't that many.

Just spend the money and buy a decent rack so you can lift the way you need to. Then you won't have anything to hold you back.

 

[DOMS]

maybe sissy squats? Leg extensions done after squats?

I'll be doing HIT, so I have to do exercises that involve compound movements
and use a lot of weight. So I can't do things like Sissy Squats or Leg Extensions.

I have no problem doing Hack Squats, which can be pretty brutal.

 

[DOMS]

Just spend the money and buy a decent rack so you can lift the way you need to. Then you won't have anything to hold you back.

It's not just the money, it's also my limited space. I workout in my home office, so space is at a premium. I need to find a rack that not only has the features that I want, but also has a small form factor.

 

[Bakerboy]

You should design something yourself and then get a welder to build it for you. Then you will get exactly what you want.

 

[DOMS]

You should design something yourself and then get a welder to build it for you. Then you will get exactly what you want.

There is a guy locally who does just that. I'll call him and see how much he'd charge.

 

[Brutus_G]

I'll be doing HIT, so I have to do exercises that involve compound movements
and use a lot of weight. So I can't do things like Sissy Squats or Leg Extensions.

I have no problem doing Hack Squats, which can be pretty brutal.

True hack squats rape your thighs. I guessing you do the BB ones that look like reverse deadlifts?

 

[DOMS]

True hack squats rape your thighs. I guessing you do the BB ones that look like reverse deadlifts?

What's a "true" Hack Squat?

 

[Double D]

How about doing bulgarians to failure? One leg at a time.

 

[DOMS]

While chewing broken glass?

 

[fufu]

 

[King Silverback]

Awesome Brother DOMS, I'm really lookin forward to your routine, any help I can be I will sure try my Friend!!! Stick w/ the compound movements, and on BB Squat days, go to 1 rep shy of failure, and do that, It's really scary and hard to go to complete failure, I saved that until the last mini set!!!

 

[DOMS]

Thanks for the tip, Brother Archangel.

Was I correct on my assumption about Hack Squats? That you did them instead of Back Squats so that you don't have to fight re-racking it?

 

[King Silverback]

Thanks for the tip, Brother Archangel.

Was I correct on my assumption about Hack Squats? That you did them instead of Back Squats so that you don't have to fight re-racking it?

Anytime, hope I can help!!!
Yes w/ the exception of going ALL out on the last mini-set, justy go to 1 rep shy of failure each time until the last one, you can always set it down and your done, hope I explained that enough!!!

 

[Pylon]

That was going to be my advice as well. You generally know when you got out your last good rep.

And DOMS you are right about "true" hacks. Load up the bar and hold it behind your hams.

Also, your comment about HIT and all compound moves isn't totally true. Mentzer had leg extensions in his Heavy Duty routine. I think they are fine, just not as a replacement for squats. As a complementary move, though, they are a good addition.

 

[katt]

So... while the bar is suspended behind you, you squat until your hams & calfs touch????

 

[Triple Threat]

I think I'm just going to go with exercises where I can't get trapped at the bottom. Which, thinking about it, there aren't that many.

You could do tricep kickbacks or wrist curls. Or just take up knitting.

 

[Bakerboy]

So... while the bar is suspended behind you, you squat until your hams & calfs touch????

Barbell Hack Squat

Depends on how long or short your arms are.

 

[maniclion]

Sadly, my squat has holes at various heights, but only two pegs. I really need to buy a new rack.

I think I'm just going to go with exercises where I can't get trapped at the bottom. Which, thinking about it, there aren't that many.

Mine is the same it only came with 2 pegs, but I went out to our scrap yard here at work and found some heavy steel pipe that fit into the holes and made 2 more pegs, I had to drill a hole in each piece and run a bolt through and a lock nut on the other side to keep them from sliding all the way through....

 

[Pylon]

So... while the bar is suspended behind you, you squat until your hams & calfs touch????

Yeah, I was thinking the bar might touch the ground first for me.

 

[DOMS]

Anytime, hope I can help!!!
Yes w/ the exception of going ALL out on the last mini-set, justy go to 1 rep shy of failure each time until the last one, you can always set it down and your done, hope I explained that enough!!!

Thanks! Of course it helps! I clueless when it comes to HIT.

 

[DOMS]

Also, your comment about HIT and all compound moves isn't totally true. Mentzer had leg extensions in his Heavy Duty routine. I think they are fine, just not as a replacement for squats. As a complementary move, though, they are a good addition.

Yeah, but I don't think I'm far along enough to get a whole lot out of a HIT isolation exercise.

 

[DOMS]

So... while the bar is suspended behind you, you squat until your hams & calfs touch????

At 5'10", I can only make it to parallel. At that point, the plates are just above the floor.

Even though you can't go ham-to-calf like you can on the Back Squat, doesn't mean that the Hack Squat won't cook your quads.