Dr. Squat - Dr. Fred Hatfield

Has it ever occurred to you that the technocrats -- the “Denizens of the Drawing Board” who have until now ruled the sports training equipment industry -- have been pulling the wool over your eyes? You have two hands right? Two arms, two lats. Two sides of your body.
So, ummm, how come you only have one handle to pull down on? And only one weight stack?
Good question, right? It’s like this: Some sports movements require that one limb or single-limb movement be stressed at a time. At SportStrength we believe that this should be more the rule than the exception. That’s why we developed the TwinStak® concept. You’ll see it on all of our weight stack equipment. Check out our TwinStak® Ab Machine. There are several others to follow shortly.
When you do pulldowns for your lats using a conventional bar (tapered at each end), your hands are what? Three feet apart? What does that do to 1) your range of motion, 2) your flexibility, 3) your lats (the biceps are the weak link in the pulldown), and 4) your sports specificity? ZILCH! Or nearly so. The same holds true for doing low rows ( sometimes called seated long cable pulls).
Do pulldowns this way one time, and you’ll be convinced forever: Grasp the right handle with your left hand and the left handle with your right hand. That’s called a crossover grip. Now, with arms only slightly bending at the elbow (to avoid any unnecessary connective tissue stress), pull laterally downward ... or to the front ... or somewhere in between. Perfect lat isolation over twice the range of movement (which in this instance equals twice the strength and much greater flexibility), through a far more natural movement pattern, and NO biceps involvement reducing the stress received by your lats!
By the way, how many times have you had these problems?
· Lat machine not high enough
· Not enough weight on the Lat machine or Low Row machine
· Can’t pull enough weight to a seated position in the Low Row so I can begin exercising
Ours come 8 feet tall as the standard height. Need more height for the really big guys? You got it! And each comes with a PAIR of 150 pound stacks! Standard. Want more? You got it! And wait’ll you try the trolley seat on the low row! Now you can load on all the weight you want to pull, and use your legs (in a leg press fashion) to get into the exercise position you need to be in for maximum back training!
And, if you’re interested in saving space and money, we’ll even COMBINE these two revolutionary machines into one!