Anybody Do Hacks The Way Tom Platz Used To?

[cog]

Does anybody here do hacks the way I've seen some pics of Tom doing them,on the balls of their feet and getting those knees pitched forward?Really deep?Is it safe,or was that just for guys with large knees and short limbs?

[Sean Summers]

He did them like he was doing a sissy squat.
SS

[Ritch]

Hacks kill my knees.

[cog]

He did them like he was doing a sissy squat.
SS



IIRC,he used to do strip sets on hacks and leg extensions at some point.I have seen a pic of him going extremely low with knees forward.What kind of weight he was using at that point I am unsure of.

[dainbramaged]

He did them like he was doing a sissy squat.
SS

True. Never see anyone doing sissy squats anymore, though (obviously) there's something to them. Good for making sure to go through the fullest range possible for the quads.

[cog]

sissy squats are a knee killer.

Is that your personal experience Donny?

[JonnyO]

I do them now and again they kill at the end of good leg session.

[cog]

I do them now and again they kill at the end of good leg session.

Platz used to do some leg extensions as well where he would lay on his back and slide forward to increase the ROM,I am wondering if these might be safer,do you feel these hacks are too hard on the knees for the return?

[JonnyO]

Platz used to do some leg extensions as well where he would lay on his back and slide forward to increase the ROM,I am wondering if these might be safer,do you feel these hacks are too hard on the knees for the return?

I dont feel them in my knees. Its a slow and strict movement and not using a ton of weight either, no bouncing at the bottom.

[cog]

Thanks for the advice JonnyO.