Superman

Lower backBodyweightBeginnerCompound
Superman — start position
Start
Superman — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryLower back
SecondaryGlutes, Hamstrings

How to do it

  1. 01

    To begin, lie straight and face down on the floor or exercise mat. Your arms should be fully extended in front of you. This is the starting position.

  2. 02

    Simultaneously raise your arms, legs, and chest off of the floor and hold this contraction for 2 seconds. Tip: Squeeze your lower back to get the best results from this exercise. Remember to exhale during this movement. Note: When holding the contracted position, you should look like superman when he is flying.

  3. 03

    Slowly begin to lower your arms, legs and chest back down to the starting position while inhaling.

  4. 04

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions prescribed in your program.

In the app

Superman needs no kit, so it appears whenever the day's window has room for it. Its minutes come from Rule 2 (Sessions are built to fit, never guaranteed, graded product): the window sets how long it runs, never the other way round.

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

Same pattern, with kit

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

With bodyweight

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