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Hip Hinge · Advanced

Atlas Stone Lift

Compound hip hinge exercise using atlas stone.
Movement pattern
Hip Hinge
Difficulty
Advanced
Equipment
Atlas stone
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Atlas Stone Lift

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Hip extensionprimary action

    Gluteus maximus (prime mover, high emphasis); Biceps femoris long head (synergist, high emphasis); Semimembranosus (synergist, moderate emphasis); Adductor magnus (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Knee extensionprimary action

    Vastus lateralis (prime mover, high emphasis); Vastus medialis (prime mover, high emphasis); Vastus intermedius (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Rectus femoris (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Spine extensionsecondary action

    Erector spinae (prime mover, high emphasis); Multifidus (synergist, moderate emphasis); Quadratus lumborum (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Shoulder horizontal abductionsecondary action · resisted

    Pectoralis major (synergist, high emphasis); Anterior deltoid (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Elbow extensionsecondary action · resisted

    Biceps brachii (stabilizer, high emphasis); Brachialis (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

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