Reverse Hyperextension

HamstringsMachineIntermediate

Reverse Hyperextension — finish position — Finish

Muscles worked

PrimaryHamstrings

SecondaryCalves, Glutes

How to do it

01
Place your feet between the pads after loading an appropriate weight. Lay on the top pad, allowing your hips to hang off the back, while grasping the handles to hold your position.
02
To begin the movement, flex the hips, pulling the legs forward.
03
Reverse the motion by extending the hips, kicking the leg back. It is very important not to over-extend the hip on this movement, stopping short of your full range of motion.
04
Return by again flexing the hip, pulling the carriage forward as far as you can.
05
Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

In the app

Reverse Hyperextension appears when you own the machine and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

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