Any dudes use the hip abductor/adductor machines?

That_car_is_full_of_balloons
That_car_is_full_of_balloons Posts: 135 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
These are the machines that work the outer and inner thighs..... and ladies give you the weird stare if they catch you using them.

I tried to the inner one yesterday and today am shedding a single tear when I walk. This is not the good kind of soreness :(

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  • jimmie65
    jimmie65 Posts: 655 Member
    No.

    EDIT - Clarification: I used to, when I did all the machines at PF. I maxed it out, never felt much effect. Now I believe I get a far better workout for the same muscles doing free weights.
  • corys8646
    corys8646 Posts: 41 Member
    who gives a crap if you get weird stares..I work a routine that works for me.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    In all fairness, this guy uses them on occasion, and he swears it helps with his squats. That said, he doesn't make them a focus of his training, from what I have gathered.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1q5FZUeWrk&list=UUFNW3_s5KJLIR6IsMYb4-2Q
  • BackTatJIM
    BackTatJIM Posts: 1,140 Member
    I do the on occasion, but they are the last thing I would do at the the end of my workout.
  • dunadan
    dunadan Posts: 105 Member
    I use them occasionally, and know of the pain you speak. :smile: I've maxed out the weight on one machine, and am getting close on the other, so their usefulness to me is diminishing, though.

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