Help! Does anybody know how to use this machine for squats?

jamieparadis20
jamieparadis20 Posts: 129 Member
edited November 16 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
My dad gave me this old machine of his that he used when he was a lot younger. He lost the instructions manual and doesn't remember how a lot of it works haha. Does anybody recognize what model it is first of all so I could look it up? I know it's ventra and it's something that came before the 1450.
I'm trying to figure out how to work multiple muscle groups with this because it's so much easier to change weights and track progress than dumbbells. Right now I'm squatting dumbbells and im running out of weights.
Does anybody know how to set up squats on this machine? It has squat attachments that literally say squat attachments (I put them on the bench in the picture) so I'm almost positive that it's possible, I just don't know how. When2hu6orqyj8if.jpg
I look it up nothing helpful comes up.

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  • jamieparadis20
    jamieparadis20 Posts: 129 Member
    Comment if I should post closer pictures
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Ehhh, rent a welder and weld some hooks to it in a fashion that lets you set a barbell?
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    I think you have to remove the bench and put those pads on the arms of the chest press. But I'm not sure.

    Really, I'd bet you'd do better working the dumbbells in different ways, such as lunges or Bulgarian split squats.
  • griffinca2
    griffinca2 Posts: 672 Member
    Not a clue, but agree w/TRoberts.
  • Bob314159
    Bob314159 Posts: 1,178 Member
    http://www.vectrafitness.com/1450_home_gym.html#1450intro-exercises [1450 seems similar to what you have]

    download the "Brochure" and see if the image there helps

    19. Squat*
    Benefits: Quadriceps, gluteals, hamstrings.
    Position: Secure squat attachments and adjust
    starting height. Position shoulders and hips
    directly under pads, feet slightly forward, thighs
    parallel to floor.
    Action: Slowly raise bar up to full standing
    position, return.
    Tips: Keep back straight and head up. Use only leg
    action to complete movement.
  • Bob314159
    Bob314159 Posts: 1,178 Member
    also try

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYN0xYjLNxo

    start at 15:08
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Bob314159 wrote: »
    also try

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYN0xYjLNxo

    start at 15:08

    OP - just sell this on offer up or something and buy a squat rack...
  • Katiebear_81
    Katiebear_81 Posts: 719 Member
    Yeah, you attach them to the press set.

    I did squats this way for almost a year (it's what I had available). I found it very difficult to get good form, and the way that the pads rest on your shoulders... it's very painful when lifting anything heavy. That said... You will have to work with what you have, you know?
  • jamieparadis20
    jamieparadis20 Posts: 129 Member
    I just tried attaching the squat rests and I'm super confused because there's no lever to adjust the chest press thing to a different angle and they won't even fit correctly on it. In one of the pictures, the model did squats with the lat pull down. Is this possible?
  • Bob314159
    Bob314159 Posts: 1,178 Member
    Not the lat pulldown - thats the start of the video - Watch the vidow at 15:08 - where it says squat
  • jamieparadis20
    jamieparadis20 Posts: 129 Member
    Bob314159 wrote: »
    Not the lat pulldown - thats the start of the video - Watch the vidow at 15:08 - where it says squat

    I did but my model must be different because whatever they did in the video doesn't seem possible with my set up. There's no way to adjust the height of the bar things and the squat attachments don't fit right
  • SierraFatToSkinny
    SierraFatToSkinny Posts: 463 Member
    Does anyone else wish they were there? :(

    I freaking love tinkering with things! :D
  • jamieparadis20
    jamieparadis20 Posts: 129 Member
    SierraFatToSkinny wrote: »
    Does anyone else wish they were there? :(

    I freaking love tinkering with things! :D

    Hahaha I wish I had someone to help!!
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