Abductor/Adductor Machines

[wilson6]

I only suggest clients use the abductor machine if their knees come in during leg presses or squats. Otherwise, they get all they need from presses, squats, etc.

W6

 

[KBgrl]

i always neglect those machines.... i did them today though actually!! its good for a change. i throw them in every now and then.

 

[FitFossil]

I seem to get a lot of inner thigh work w/ squats. Hack squats w/narrow stance work my outer thighs. Sometimes though I'll go heavy on the one that works the outer (get those -ductor names confused! ), because I really feel it in my glutes.

 

[fit1]

Thx everyone for your replies...I think I'll mainly rely on squats for the inner thighs...but throw them in every once in a while and see if it helps my knee any.
Thx again!!!!

fit1

 

[Sassy69]

I do them every now & then - 3 more settings on the stack & i'm at the full stack! (I love to freak out the little cardio queens when I move the pin WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY down!)

I thing the biggest deterrant to anyone using those machines is that gyms always seem to stick them right in front of a mirror or at a point where you are facing the entire gym. Its a little eneasing to climb in and start doing your sets when you realize some guy is staring at you (or your crotch area) while you do it....

These machines remind me so much of my annual trip to my fav "female stuff" doc... that they are affectionately referred to as the GYNO-MATIC.......

I finally belong to a gym uses the machines that put the weight stack in front of you and the whole machine is no where near a mirror or a window. Finally, a little privacy and discretion...!

 

[Gladiola]

(I love to freak out the little cardio queens when I move the pin WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY down!)

He he... yeah, isn't that the coolest???
& You just know they're thinking, "EWWWWW, look at that muscle, yuck!"

Yeah, kiss my squattin' strong

 

[Gladiola]

I think the effectiveness of these machines is largely dependent on what a person expects them to do. How many ladies get on those because they think they'll "taret burn" that inner/outer thigh fat?

Probably the majority <sigh> Just like everyone wants to work abs, abs, & more abs.

"If you're doing it to strengthen muscle, improve symmetry, or as corrective threapy, then it's great."

What about doing your 'Gran Batmans' more gracefully?
No idea how to spell that.... I speak no French & my ballet teacher had a VERY heavy Russian accent & spoke little English.

 

[Raina]

I do both but only along with everything else I do for legs. I love the comment about moving the pin waaaaaay down. By the end of my 3rd set I'm usually struggling because I'm burning so much. At my gym the abductor machine and adductor face each other. I'm sitting there last night, working my ass off while the girl across from my swings her legs open and closed with 10 pounds a zillion times.

Wait-- you mean I can't target "melt" the fat away?? Isn't that what the burning feeling is-- the fat isn't just getting "hot" and melting away??