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Weighted Hyperextension

Position yourself face down on a Roman chair with your hips on the pad and feet locked under the foot pads. Hold a plate against your chest or behind your head. Bend at the hips to lower your torso toward the floor with a neutral spine, then drive back up by squeezing your glutes and lower back until your body forms a straight line. Avoid hyperextending past neutral.

BACK · PULL

How it is executed

  1. Position yourself face down on a Roman chair with your hips on the pad and feet locked under the foot pads.
  2. Hold a plate against your chest or behind your head.
  3. Bend at the hips to lower your torso toward the floor with a neutral spine, then drive back up by squeezing your glutes and lower back until your body forms a straight line.
  4. Avoid hyperextending past neutral.
Muscles worked
Back
Primary muscle
Lower back
Equipment
Roman chairOther
Movement pattern
Pull
Difficulty
Intermediate
What it is for
StrengthHypertrophy

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