Back Extensions
How to do it
- Lie face down with your hands lightly behind your head or by your sides.
- Engage your glutes and lower back to lift your chest slightly off the floor, then lower back down with control.
- Avoid jerking your neck or overextending your spine.
- Muscles worked
- Lower backGlutes
- Equipment
- None, bodyweight only
- Type
- Workout
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