posted Wed, 06/12/2013 - 09:31
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Does anyone do hip abductor machines?
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I've noticed lately when I'm squatting that my hips just don't feel as strong as they need to. How may of y'all include this into your routine?
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I do because I have very stiff hips and this helps me get a good stretch before doing squats. I no longer feel pain in the hips while doing squats.
safetyfirst21I "occasionally" will do the abductor and adductor machines before some heavy squats. You really feel a burn during the squats.
Ace VenturaI've been hitting both inner and outer thighs before I do any squats. I find I get a better all-around result when those areas are already engaged prior to the big, heavy lifts.
safetyfirst21Whoops, same thing here, lol.
Ace VenturaLmao, that's funny. It works though.
Read my post all the way at the bottom
Ace VenturaOh snap. Yeah, and a lot of guys won't use them because they're thought of as chick machines. Shit, back in the day, I once got so sore in my in we thigh I could hardly walk! If there's a muscle there, I'm gonna work that shit.
Damn straight.
I agree, I sometimes include them in my warmup.
I can't walk today because of these machines lol
I enjoy using them, hits parts of my leg very well that other exercises struggle to hit
which one is better the abduction or adduction?
Neither are better. They both work completely different muscles. One works your inner thighs, one works your outer thighs and glutes.
I fucked up my ankle and have been really angry that I can't do the squats, lunges, and dead lifts so I have been really using more of this machine lately!
I use Em and I feel like I am wearing a ladies dress or doing something wrong. Lol. But it's necessary so I keep doing them.
BigBmajI do it with the seat totally reclined. I can flex my glutes against it perfectly. One of the best exercises for the upper outer quadrant.
Squats, Lunges, Deads, and that. I've got pretty good glutes, if I say so myself.
I've noticed a real tendency for people to not use their hips when squatting. I don't know if this is tight hip flexors, or just not something people do. I try to think about doing a sexy ass squat with a moderate little fuck forward motion. It should look beautiful, not those ugly ass squats I see people doing in the gym.
Watching women squat well taught me a lot about form.
Hip abductor? so its abducting hips eh.. are they the ones where you like close your legs?
it's the machine chicks flock too lol I had a feeling they needed to be incorporated into a workout. I did them today and had to wait a minute before I could walk haha
I have tried working those in to strengthen my weak hips. I can definitely feel them working
We call them the "good girl" and "bad girl" machines
Close legs vs spread legs
waltri did them for the first time a couple weeks back and i was wobbling around like a baby trying to walk afterwards =(
I do regularly as part of my leg routine. I super set inner and other thighs back to back. It's funny you mentioned squatting because these have been proven to increase your squat max. I used to think the inner thighs were kegel exercises for chicks, but anyone with knowledge will tell you that is not the case.