How To Do Reverse Hyperextensions Without Causing Lower Back Pain - Pippin Performance

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HOW TO DO REVERSE HYPEREXTENSIONS WITHOUT CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN
Reverse hyperextensions (reverse hypers) are a fan favorite in the gym but if I had to guess, they’re always causing an angry lower back for days afterward. Am I right?

Don’t worry I’m going to show you how to adjust that reverse hyper so you can keep making gains while avoiding low back pain.

WHY REVERSE HYPERS CAUSE LOWER BACK PAIN
Lower back pain from reverse hypers happens because the little vertebrates in the lower back can’t move independently of one another, so as you swing your legs up, you force your lower back to extend only at one vertebrae.

This puts way too much stress and pressure on this disc. If you imagine your vertebrae are in the shape of a “V” the vertebrae at the point is the one having to carry the load.

What we want is multiple vertebrae to help out, more like a “U” so we have the tension placed evenly instead of on one spot.

HOW TO DO REVERSE HYPERS WITHOUT CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN
Consider yourself lucky if you have access to the reverse hyper machine. But before you start loading weight, we need to get that lower back engaging correctly by getting our lower back to fire first.

We do this by training your body to extend the lower back properly. Low back extension is like sticking your butt out for more likes on Instagram.

The small little muscles that run up and down your lower back are the spinal extensors. You need to get these contracting properly, otherwise those reverse hypers are going to do a number on your lower back.

Think of today’s exercise as the training wheels to the reverse hyper. Check it out in the video above.

A LITTLE PSA FROM COACH PIPPIN…
You need to address that low back issue. Trust me, I’ve had problems I let lurk until I ended up in the hospital with an ER doctor doing lunges and telling me to do hip flexor stretches to fix the problem which is SO WRONG!

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