Legs · Leverage Machine
Lever Reverse Vertical Hack Squat
How to do the lever reverse vertical hack squat, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Squat
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Set up in a vertical hack squat machine facing the pad with the shoulder rests on your shoulders and feet flat on the platform. Lower by bending your knees and hips until your thighs are near parallel, then drive through your heels to push the platform back up without locking out.
- 1Quads and glutes loading hard as you push the platform up
- 2Back and shoulders pressed firmly into the pad the whole time
- 3Even drive through both heels on the way up
Common mistakes
- Letting your knees cave inward instead of tracking over your toes
- Lifting your hips or rounding your back off the pad
- Bouncing out of the bottom instead of controlling the descent
Muscles worked
The lever reverse vertical hack squat mainly works the quads and glutes, with the hamstrings, lower back, and calves assisting.
- QuadsPrimary
- GlutesPrimary
- HamstringsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Upper AbsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.