• Measure your shoulders against the bar to make sure you're even. Throw your shoulders under the bar. The bar should be digging into your neck slightly.
    Make sure to push your elbows up to the ceiling for the entire rep. To make sure you don't get too pitched forward.
    Use the squat stance you would use for a back or goblet squat. Push your hips back to initiate the squat. Break at the knees until you hit parallel depth.
    Squat back up to a standing position.
  • Position yourself in the hack squat machine with your back against the pad and shoulders under the shoulder pads.
    Place feet shoulder-width apart on the platform. Keep your back straight, and slowly lower into a squat position.
    Press through your heels to return to the starting position, keeping your core engaged. Repeat for desired reps and sets.
  • Take a shoulder width, double overhand or mixed grip.
    Push your hips back while leaving your knees mostly extended. Look for a stretch in your hamstrings.
    When you feel the stretch, push your hips forward until you're back in a standing position.
  • Place the bar on top of your traps.
    Push your hips back and break at the knees. Push your elbows forward to keep yourself from getting pitched too far forward.
    Aim to get your hamstrings to parallel with the floor.
    Push your heels into the floor and squat back to a standing position.