I tried hip blet squats when I had a sore back late last year. I bought the Iron Mind belt and basicalyl gave up after 1 session because no matter how I position the belt I always felt the chain was ripping into my hips at the bottom. They were just so freaking uncomfortable it wasn't worth it. The next day I had all sorts of nasty ass bruises.
As for leg press the biggest issue I have is that there is a lot less hip extension involved compared to squats and deadlifts. Good for quad development though.
Interesting experience thanks man. I went out and bought a hip squat belt. Couldn't help myself
I used it tonight for the first time. I expected some discomfort like that but nah... all good on my body. I'm red and chaffed around the hips but not painful or bruised. Got my legs good too. VMO has been raped in the good way (better than front squatting for me)
I used it with a 7ft oly bar, which wasn't nearly as cumbersome as it looked. I didn't mind it. Still going to get an ez curl bar to use though (I found a use for a curl bar
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What an ego check man. Went for 3 x 6 at 100kg. Got like 4 decent reps in the whole lot. The rest I either cheated depth or assisted with arms on the power rack cause it was farkin heavy. I low bar just shy of 2 x bw so yeah
I like this contraption. But I have a shitty build for squatting (good puller though). I can see the hips getting mad chaffed at like 400 lbs but based on the retarded lifts at 220 lbs I've got a while before worrying about it.
