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Hip Hinge · Beginner

Reverse Hyperextension

Compound hip hinge exercise using machine.
Movement pattern
Hip Hinge
Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Machine
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Reverse Hyperextension

Cues reviewed by Kwabena Osei on

Setup

Lie face-down on the bench with your hips at the edge, torso supported, legs hanging off the end holding the leg pad/strap.

  1. Swing your legs up by extending at the hips, squeezing your glutes and lower back at the top.

  2. Keep your spine's natural curve throughout rather than rounding or over-arching.

  3. Lower under control back to the start, letting the weight provide a stretch at the bottom.

Common mistakes

  • Using a big, momentum-driven swing instead of a controlled hip extension.

  • Rounding the lower back to add range instead of maintaining a neutral spinal curve.

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 hyperextensionprimary action

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

  • Spine extensionsecondary action

    Erector spinae (synergist, moderate emphasis); Multifidus (stabilizer, low emphasis)

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