Hack Squat Calf Raises

How to do it

1. Load the hack squat and get under the shoulder pads as if you were about to squat.
2. Put just the balls of your feet on the bottom edge of the platform, heels hanging off.
3. Straighten your legs with a slight bend in the knees and release the safeties.
4. Drop your heels into a full stretch, then press the carriage up using only your ankles.
5. Never lock the knees out - if they are moving, your quads are doing the calves job.

Muscles it trains

Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.

How it compares

Compared with the Standing Calf Raises, it loads Calves 5 points lower. Compared with the Seated Leg Curl, it loads Hamstrings 95 points lower, Calves 80 points higher.

Other ways to train this

• Standing Calf Raises Machines
• Seated Calf Raises Machines
• Dumbbell Calf Raises Dumbbells
• Single-Leg Calf Raises Bodyweight
• Smith Machine Calf Raises Smith machine
• Barbell Calf Raises BarbellIntermediate
• Bodyweight Calf Raises Bodyweight
• Donkey Calf Raises Bodyweight
• Plate-Loaded Donkey Calf Raise Machines

Other exercises for the Calves

• Seated Leg Curl 15% Machines
• Lying Leg Curl 15% Machines
• Leg Press 10% Machines
• Hack Squat 10% Machines

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