hack squats vs. regular squats

[DanzigDemonMF]

Hi! I have a question, and I hope someone here has an answer. Is there a very significant advantage to doing regular squats over doing hack squats, where you hold the bar behind you, and not on your shoulders? I work out in my house, and I dont have a squat rack, so I was wondering if this is an equivalent excercise for building strength in your quads.

[Dorian]

if you can't do regular squats then hack squats will do just as well they just emphasize a little differently.

[Zulu]

For your quads, pretty much. Not the upper portion tho.

Not for your glutes and hams tho.

-Zulu

[Dorian]

of course I figured this would be agiven. he would need to do soem form of good morning or stiff legged deads.

[Zulu]

But if we're talking specifically about the quads, doesn't the bottom portion involve the upper quads in a way almost no exercise can duplicate?

-Zulu

[Dorian]

hence the statement it will emphasize differently.