I can hack squat to approximately parallel without hip pain. I want to train the hack squat. Should I ditch it since I can’t perform a full rom without pain or do them to parallel?
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If you want to train the hack squat, train the hack squat in a way that’s tolerable for you. Just because you can’t reach an arbitrary range of motion does not mean you should abandon an activity that you otherwise want to do.
With that said, there isn’t really enough information here about your hip pain for us to comment on that specific aspect of it. It may be the case that your hip pain can be rehabilitated, and you may be able to achieve the full range of motion on the hack squat.
For example, I’d be curious to know whether you can reach a larger range of motion if you use a 3-0-0 controlled tempo on the hack squat with no added weight.
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