the hip adductor/abductor machine

[stunner5000pt]

how many of you use it? Is there really a point? Couldn't we simply just squat heavy and do cross or side lunges (heavy) instead?

your opinions on why or why not?

[C_Bino]

I use them prolly every other week. I mean its way too easy to max out the machine so its never really a strenuous exercise for me. But I do it very last exercise before I leave and I can tell you that I really do feel it when I go nice and slow and really stretch it. I dont think going heavy on squats is directly hitting your adductor/abductor muscles, well for a fact it isnt, so I try to hit every muscle.

[GunTotingHipGangster]

hot girls + short shorts + hip abductor = pleasant distraction for GunTotingHipGangster

[Teabagger]

I'M APPALLED!!!!! gangster

[24labor]

When hitting ad and abductions you also work you tensor fascia lata and you glutes as well

[D7M]

I use it everyother leg day...a nice burn at the end

[Mizfit]

my gym has it right in front of a mirror..

and i go to a predominately mens gym.. i don't use it..

lying hammy curls r an issue too. - positioned right in front of the men's lockers

[C_Bino]

my gym has it right in front of a mirror..

and i go to a predominately mens gym.. i don't use it..

lying hammy curls r an issue too. - positioned right in front of the men's lockers

Are guys really that bad at your gym? I couldnt even pick a girl out of a lineup if she went to my gym. I listen to my i-pod and look straight ahead, I would never waste valuable time looking at women. Most of the people at my gym are like that it seems. What gym you go to?

[Mizfit]

Are guys really that bad at your gym? I couldnt even pick a girl out of a lineup if she went to my gym. I listen to my i-pod and look straight ahead, I would never waste valuable time looking at women. Most of the people at my gym are like that it seems. What gym you go to?

ur from Toronto.. ahh

[24labor]

Are guys really that bad at your gym? I couldnt even pick a girl out of a lineup if she went to my gym. I listen to my i-pod and look straight ahead, I would never waste valuable time looking at women. Most of the people at my gym are like that it seems. What gym you go to?

I hear that I mean I'll notice a looker and take a second to see but I'm there to be a war with the weights. Although I go to the campus gym full of college guys so it's gotta be a problem here as well.

[C_Bino]

ur from Toronto.. ahh

Mississauga and Waterloo, live in both cities about half year each.

I hear that I mean I'll notice a looker and take a second to see but I'm there to be a war with the weights. Although I go to the campus gym full of college guys so it's gotta be a problem here as well.

College/university gyms are the worst, I used to work out at my uni gym but the people are idiots and the weights are too low. It was pretty embarassing when I would see the football team lifting like half of what I do. So now even tho my uni gym is free I pay for a membership and go elsewhere. I also have a free membership at another gym but choose not to go there because its just not hardcore enough. If you are serious enough money aint an issue, you get what you pay for.

[crash187ct]

hot girls + short shorts + hip abductor = pleasant distraction for GunTotingHipGangster

agreed 100%

[stunner5000pt]

my gym has it right in front of a mirror..

and i go to a predominately mens gym.. i don't use it..

lying hammy curls r an issue too. - positioned right in front of the men's lockers

i wanna go to THIS gym lol

[stunner5000pt]

Mississauga and Waterloo, live in both cities about half year each.


College/university gyms are the worst, I used to work out at my uni gym but the people are idiots and the weights are too low. It was pretty embarassing when I would see the football team lifting like half of what I do. So now even tho my uni gym is free I pay for a membership and go elsewhere. I also have a free membership at another gym but choose not to go there because its just not hardcore enough. If you are serious enough money aint an issue, you get what you pay for.

you're right there are 8 (EIGHT) PEOPLE who work out properly - and by properly i mean - do the full body during course of the week, using heavy weight and actually being able to handle it.

Im glad to say that i am one of these eight

the football players and the like work out at a different gym which recently opened, and when they did work out in the same gym as us (the eight) , their weights were certainly not something to write home about. i shouldve learnt how to power clean and snatch from them, though!

The problem is those guys have egos, my friend was warming up with 135lb for his deadlift and they were actually laughing at him. When he put the 5th plate on each side they shut up

[stunner5000pt]

I use them prolly every other week. I mean its way too easy to max out the machine so its never really a strenuous exercise for me. But I do it very last exercise before I leave and I can tell you that I really do feel it when I go nice and slow and really stretch it. I dont think going heavy on squats is directly hitting your adductor/abductor muscles, well for a fact it isnt, so I try to hit every muscle.

could one change the stance (narrow/wide) to target those muscles?

What about cross lunges? (lunge across instead of straight on)

[C_Bino]

Well you could hit them a little bit of course changing up stances etc. But all in all your adductors primary function is to pull the leg toward the mid-line of the body. So you are not fully targetting them unless you do these types of exercises. If you have ever taken anatomy or have access to an anatomy book something to look at is the origins and insertions of muscles, this really helps you to understand how they all work. Lets take your quads for example, all four muscles (vastus, lateralis/medialis/intermedius and rectus femoris all insert onto the patella and form the patellar ligament. However, your rectus femoris is the only one that crosses the hip joint, the other three originate on the femur. This means that it will also help to flex the hip and can be targeted with leg extensions whereas squats and leg presses will be more beneficial when trying to target your vastus group.

[Mizfit]

I just think it's funny to see women who only do cardio.. they incorporate this machine into their work out and think it will make a significant difference..

[chest6]

Some girls go out of their way to be seen. They'll sit there with these tiny ass shorts in between sets with their legs all the way open..i dont think its on accident

[pelly789]

you know what machine is the worst....the one where you do hyperextensions, girls with short shorts on that is a sight to see....except when the old ladies go on it with there tight pants that will make you flaccid in about 2 seconds

[Mizfit]

you know what machine is the worst....the one where you do hyperextensions, girls with short shorts on that is a sight to see....except when the old ladies go on it with there tight pants that will make you flaccid in about 2 seconds

the lying down ham curl machine is the worst... by far

[chest6]

Yeah..that one is pretty bad. They'll wear these 4inch long shorts and their whole ass is showing

[Mizfit]

Yeah..that one is pretty bad. They'll wear these 4inch long shorts and their whole ass is showing

in respect for the short short... they really r more comfy than the long ones

[chest6]

haha yeah but come on..they barely cover their ass to begin with. How can I not look seriously? I try really hard

[chest6]

I mean i dont go out of my way or anything but its almost like some are like "Okay everyone..Im doing my set"

[Carlos_E]

I use them prolly every other week. I mean its way too easy to max out the machine so its never really a strenuous exercise for me. But I do it very last exercise before I leave and I can tell you that I really do feel it when I go nice and slow and really stretch it. I dont think going heavy on squats is directly hitting your adductor/abductor muscles, well for a fact it isnt, so I try to hit every muscle.

I train Adductor. I call them pussy crunches for obvious reasons. I max it out plus add a couple 45 plates.

[GunTotingHipGangster]

thats like a chick getting pissed for looking at her cleavage

if you dont want it looked at, cover that sh!t up!

[Mizfit]

thats like a chick getting pissed for looking at her cleavage

if you dont want it looked at, cover that sh!t up!

What would u like women to wear basketball shorts

[QuieTSToRM33]

What would u like women to wear basketball shorts

sweats would work ...... or how about a pair of windbreakers ?????

[GunTotingHipGangster]

What would u like women to wear basketball shorts

the ones i don't want to look at perhaps

im just saying, if a girl is flaunting it, she has to flaunt it to everyone, not just the people she wants looking at her

[C_Bino]

I train Adductor. I call them pussy crunches for obvious reasons. I max it out plus add a couple 45 plates.

HAHAHAHHAHA. Ya man its like the machines are made for women, I dont understand why EVERY single adductor machine I have ever used is far too easy.

[AnatomicallyBlessed]

my gym has it right in front of a mirror..

and i go to a predominately mens gym.. i don't use it..

lying hammy curls r an issue too. - positioned right in front of the men's lockers

lol, this was a problem at the college. now the machines face the wall with no mirror.


i think ab/adductor machines are a great way to end a leg workout.

[Carlos_E]

HAHAHAHHAHA. Ya man its like the machines are made for women, I dont understand why EVERY single adductor machine I have ever used is far too easy.

I agree, it should be heavier. Women train adducter because they think they're making their stuff tight. I was told by a pro to train adductor so I train them. The reaction I get from women when I ask them to work in cracks me up.

[stunner5000pt]

you know what machine is the worst....the one where you do hyperextensions, girls with short shorts on that is a sight to see....except when the old ladies go on it with there tight pants that will make you flaccid in about 2 seconds

i know what you mean... that hyperextension machine was placed right in front of the incline bench at my gym.

so i had just finished doign a set of incline bench when i look straight and see a girl's ass which she is doing hyperextensions.

it was quite the pretty sight. Also quite distracting... i need to be psyched up damit!

[Tony Bologna]

Buy any chance does that machine workout the taint muscle at all?

[chest6]

I agree, it should be heavier. Women train adducter because they think they're making their stuff tight. I was told by a pro to train adductor so I train them. The reaction I get from women when I ask them to work in cracks me up.

Yeah...and moving the pin to the very bottom and stackin some 45s on top prolly helps

[Mizfit]

i know what you mean... that hyperextension machine was placed right in front of the incline bench at my gym.

so i had just finished doign a set of incline bench when i look straight and see a girl's ass which she is doing hyperextensions.

it was quite the pretty sight. Also quite distracting... i need to be psyched up damit!

See women get it all the time.. try Squating!!!

[novicenovicen]

every leg day, last exercise.

[LX-1]

the lying down ham curl machine is the worst... by far

girls always seem to get up if a guy goes into the room with the lying leg curl, must be insecure about their asses.

[Carlos_E]

girls always seem to get up if a guy goes into the room with the lying leg curl, must be insecure about their asses.

Not insecurity. If some guys stood staring at my ass while I did leg curls I'd get up to.

[stunner5000pt]

Not insecurity. If some guys stood staring at my ass while I did leg curls I'd get up to.

and punch him, if he was smaller than you...