Want to build more leg strength, muscle and power? Look no further than the barbell back squat and leg press, two compound exercises that promise to give your lower body muscles a run for their ...

You’ve probably heard it a million times: “Nothing beats squats ... of leg presses, but the most common you’ll see in a gym are the seated leg press and the angled leg press machines.

If that goal involves building strong legs, you've likely programmed leg presses or squats at some point in ... and upper body is supported by the machine, and require less activation.

Yet in an attempt to mix up my leg workouts and add some weight to my barbell squats, I jumped on the hack squat machine. What is a hack squat machine, and are hack squats better for you than ...

WHEN YOU ENVISION a leg day workout, you likely see rows of squat racks, leg presses, and Smith machines in your mind’s eye. All of these pieces of equipment are staples for lower body training ...

The hack-squat machine is best utilized as a supplement to other compound exercises, like a deadlift or a split squat, or as part of a leg-day workout. The name "hack squat" most commonly refers ...