Heinous Hoist Adductor Machine

[UsmcOldSchoolMuscle]

My gym (24 Hr Fitness) only has this Hoist machine to directly work the adductors. The beginning portion of the rep isn't so bad but that terrible issue is that there is essentially no resistance at the full contraction (when pressing the knees together). I'm considering buying a "Thigh Master" and having someone, or myself if possible, hold it in the space where I bring the pads together so that I can actually increase the force necessary when at the complete contraction.

Any thoughts, ideas or experience of how you may have adapted to shitty equipment?

 

[Tendon Snapper]

Not sure if 24 Hr Fitness has any weight plates or not. if they do, consider using an adapter pin to add some plates to the weight stack:

Amazon.com : weight stack pin

www.amazon.com

 

[Matsuo Munefusa]

I could watch commercial girl rock that machine all dayyyyy

 

[machomadness22]

I never use those machines lol. I mean do they really do anything?

 

[danieltx]

I never use those machines lol. I mean do they really do anything?

Adductor machines are essential if you want to maximize inner thigh development.

 

[pesty4077]

I never use those machines lol. I mean do they really do anything?

They are great for inner thigh development, which makes your legs bigger.

 

[maldorf]

I always got really big adductor muscles just from squats, so much that my abductors looked too small. I probably should have used abductor machines.

 

[N.L....M.....]

is there a way to attach a band?
You can also use a cable machine, you might have to spend a few bucks on an attachment to wrap around your ankle.

 

[Fa Seeshus]

If you workout with a partner they can manually resist the forward path of your headrest as it moves forward at the end of each rep.

 

[N.L....M.....]

This might be helpful for you.
Dante Trudel shows a really good exercise.

Dante Trudel on Instagram: "1) DETAILED EXPLANATION IN POST #2 BELOW I am going to prove something to you today. Go on google and look at any bodybuilder who you think has massive quads and note something. Look at the size of his adductors. Adductors

2,509 likes, 68 comments - dante_trudel on June 23, 2021: "1) DETAILED EXPLANATION IN POST #2 BELOW I am going to prove something to you today. Go on google and look at any bodybuilder who you thi..."

www.instagram.com

 

[Vanilla Thunder]

I actually like how that machine feels, but yeah, the stack is too light. I start on 18, which is the whole stack, and do 3 slow sets of 20. After that it starts to feel pretty heavy and I'll get two more sets to the point where I have to use my hands to assist a few reps at the end.

 

[danieltx]

If you're maxing out abductor / adductor machines for 20+ reps, you need to get a Gym Pin to keep progressing and building your thighs - https://gym-pin.co.uk/

The KingPin lets you add another 180lbs. to most machines. Heavy direct adductor work is one of the main reasons my thighs are as large as they are.

 

[N.L....M.....]

If you're maxing out abductor / adductor machines for 20+ reps, you need to get a Gym Pin to keep progressing and building your thighs - https://gym-pin.co.uk/

The KingPin lets you add another 180lbs. to most machines. Heavy direct adductor work is one of the main reasons my thighs are as large as they are.

That’s cool as hell. There’s a few of my favorite machines that I’ve maxed out and few that I’m about a plate away

 

[alfresco]

There is some, maybe even a lot of controversy regarding 'strength curves'.

Do you need maximum resistance in the contracted position? Or can
it drop off a bit (not zero). Or does it or should it change throughout the
movement? And if so, how much? Human beings are a rotary animal
where gravity plays a huge as in a barbell curl to use and example.

Done properly, it takes a lot of testing on very special machines to
understand strength curves and what it looks like for each body part.
I know Arthur Jones has done more testing in this area than probably
everybody else on the world combined and he was still learning and
thinking back the that a resistance curve in some cases was too great
and would change it in retrospect.

Going by the 'feel' is intuitive but is it right? There are so many variables
and strength curves change per different manufacturer (and body part).
But are they the correct, who knows.

I really don't know the answer here and maybe nobody really does.

We do know they are different for each body part but do not vary per
person.

I guess you could just go by feel. I know that, for myself for instance,
if I work on a machine with a certain strength curve then go back to a
barbell or dumbbells' on the same movement I can definitely feel the
difference . . . stronger where I was weak and weaker where I was strong.
So something is happening and adapting per muscle.

(Muscles fibers contract in a all or nothing mode. You cannot develop just
a part of a muscle. Larry Scott made famous the Scott curling bench
which he contributes, gives credit to his arm development, especially
lower biceps. But it is my opinion his biceps would have looked the same
if he just used a standard barbell curl.)

This is a really interesting topic considering the physiques that were and
are developed without the 'assistance' of variable resistance.

Good question. We have examples of both but what contributes to what?

 

[Gunsmith]

If it's the same thing I'm thinking about the legs are slaved together meaning they don't move independent of each other.
If that's the case you could use a hand "tied" off to a neighboring piece of equipment and strapped to one of the legs

A leg curl machine at a gym I go to has a light stack so we use a band linked to the machine behind it

 

[Mountolympus]

if the problem it's the max contraction at the peak can u try to use elastic band, put one side in 1 pad, elastic band behind the chair and the other side to the other pad

 

[graybass]

I tell all my male clients to do these when their pussy hurts.

 

[rcorchid]

I tell all my male clients to do these when their pussy hurts.

I refer to it as the "mangina" machine, but I do it 3 X wk, 4 sets of 20-15 reps ea. Really makes a difference fast on the inner thighs.