Same movement as sqauts but safer?

[t3c]

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/pro91300.html

Does this machine use the same movement as squats? Build the same amount of muscle? Work the same exact muscles?

It looks safer and more comfortable....because I don't really have a spotter or training partner

Please help me out


Thanks in advance

 

[gymtime]

Yes. That machine is safer and more comfortable than squats, which is why it's not as effective. You'd be better off doing light squats than going heavy on a machine like that.

 

[Snatch518]

I do my squats on the Smith Machine. Like the Smith Machine, this machine will not work your stabalizing muscles as much so you don't get as good a workout. Despite that minor problem, I've gained some good size on my legs using the Smith Machine.

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[needsize]

My gym has a hammer strength version of that machine, never seen a guy with big legs use it yet.

 

[bignate73]

oh man. funniest story. i saw a guy use that machine before for calves. he got in that thing backwards and was using it to do calves. leaning so far forward that if he slipped, he would be fucked. idiots should stick to basics.......

 

[Belial]

You want safer squatting, wear a condom.








Erm, right. Anyway, I fail to see the point of that machine. It's not a squat. It's not a leg press. It's a a pseudo smith squat. And it looks somewhat awkward.

 

[bignate73]

its kindof similar to those football "leaper" machines, if you have seen em.

 

[Haz]

I don't like machine squats, whether its a machine like this, or the smith machine. The positioning is always ackward for me, and I feel more comfortable and safer doing free squats.

The only machine I really like for legs is the cybex leg press. It puts hardly any stress on my knees at all, unlike the regular leg press. I really feel the burn in my quads and hams on this sucker.