V Squat How To Exercise Guide

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If you have lower back or knee issues, you can use the V-Squat to continue training your legs while reducing your chance of further injury.

This lift is also an excellent way to fully exhaust your legs after you have completed your other barbell movements.

Unlike barbell squats, you do not have to worry about getting stuck under the weight or losing your balance. These safety features make it a useful way to bring your legs to full exhaustion while protecting your knees and lower back.

The V-Squat is a simple exercise making it perfect for beginners. It gets classified as a Strength Training Compound exercise.

This lift is very well suited to progressive overload. All that you need to do is increase the amount of weight to continue to increase the difficulty when you are performing it.

There are several different topics we will cover on this exercise.

This article will cover how you perform it with video, image, and a written step by step description detailing each step required for you to do it.

The equipment you need to be able to perform it. The different muscles that it uses. Some of the benefits you get when including it into your training routine.

We will then cover some different training tips to help make sure you get the most out of this lift.

V-Squat How to Guide

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Step by Step Description

Step 1: Move on to the Hammer Strength Machine platform. Place your feet approximately shoulder width apart. Put a small bend at your knees. Now put your shoulders under the machines pads.

Step 2: Use your hands and grab the Hammer Strength Machine handles that are located at shoulder height.

You are now in the starting position.

Step 3: Exhale and stand up with the weight. Pull out the handle that is used to hold the weight in position.

Step 4: Inhale and move your hips back and bend at your knees. Keep lowering your body until the crease of your hip is in line with your knees.

Step 5: Drive your heels into the ground raising your body back up to the starting position.

You have now completed one repetition. Repeat for the desired number of reps that you have selected.

Difficulty Level

The Hammer Strength V Squat gets rated at a beginner difficulty level.

Equipment Required

This exercise requires you to have access to a Hammer Strength Machine and Weight Plates. This machine is an expensive and large piece of equipment limiting the ability for most people to have one available in their home gym.

However, if you are looking at gyms and have issues with your back and knees, you should keep your eyes out for a gym that has one available to its members.

Muscles Worked

The different muscles that get worked by this lift are your Quadriceps, Hamstrings and the Glutes.

Depending on where you place your feet will change the primary muscle group that this lift uses.

To put more emphasizes on your Gluteus Maximus just place your feet slightly forward on the platform. If you want to put the majority of tension on your Quadriceps instead all you need to do is move your feet slightly back on the platform.

Benefits of the V-Squat

The purpose of the Hammer Strength Machine is to replicate the natural squatting motion while reducing the strain placed on your back and knees by moving the user through a curved arc of motion.

Unlike the Leg Press which limits Hip Flexion this equipment allows you to move through the full range of motion.

Your lower back is less likely to round because of the position you are in and the backrest used. If you have lower back or knee problems and can no longer perform squats without pain, this is a useful machine. It will allow you to continue your leg development and reduce your chances of injury.

• Alternate Exercises

• Barbell Squat
• Goblet Squat
• Split Stance Squat

Inclosing

While no replacement exercise can match the raw strength that you develop with barbell squats. The V-Squat is a useful alternative for older lifters or anyone who suffers from back and knee problems.

The V-Squat also works great as an assistance exercise to use on leg day. After you have finished your squatting routine, you can use this lift to exhaust your legs fully.