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Back Extension
- Main muscle
- Lower Back
- Muscle group
- Back
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
How to do it
- 1Position your hips on the pad of the back extension bench, ankles secured.
- 2Cross your arms over your chest and let your torso hinge down.
- 3Lower until you feel a stretch in your hamstrings and lower back.
- 4Raise your torso by squeezing glutes and hamstrings, not by arching hard.
- 5Stop at a straight line from head to hips at the top.
Coaching cues
- Hinge at the hips
- Squeeze glutes, not lower back
- Don't overextend
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