Relinquishing the Squat!!!
Gold’s Gym Rockingham’s new ZRoc plate-loaded hacksquat machine is an absolute ripper and a great substitute for regular barbell squats.
I had to make an executive decision recently to completely remove barbell squatting from my regime due to battling constant knee problems & niggles over the last 3 years or so.
This was a hard pill for me to swallow, as I always had a love/ hate relationship with barbell squats!
My legs are relatively long when compared to my torso and as such I have found it hard to prevent my knees from getting past my toes with regular squats. And when the knees track past the toes this places terrible shearing forces throughout the knee joint!
But, with the ZRoc Hacksquat, I am able sit down into the squat position with the weight back on my heels all whilst making sure my knees stay in line with my toes. This in turn has allowed me really focus on the quadricep muscles all whilst being extremely kind to my 51 year old knee joints!!
I combine this exercise with 45 degree leg presses and seated leg extensions resulting in an awesome knee-friendly quad workout!
1. 45 degree angled leg presses
2. ZRoc plate-loaded Hacksquats
3. Rocking motion seated leg extensions
4. Standing calf raises
5. Seated calf raises
I train Hamstrings & Calves on their own day later in the workout week.
It does feel great to now walk into the gym on quads day and not have to be so paranoid about whether I’m going to wreck my knee joints any more than I already had!
Unbelievably, I now actually look forward to Leg’s Day!!!
Bodychisel by Craig. 