A back extension bench often called a back extension machine uses gravity as resistance.
Floor bridge with knee extension.
Keep your shoulders on the floor and hold the pose for 5 deep breaths and then lower your hips back to the floor.
Floor bridge with knee extension.
Steps to do folded single leg glute bridge.
Repeat with the right leg.
Do it 10 times before switching legs.
Draw in your navel and contract your glutes.
Place your feet hip width apart with the toes facing away from you.
As the name suggests the glute bridge zeroes in on the glutes.
Lie on your back with knees bent and feet flat on the floor shoulder width apart.
The bridge and the squat incorporate hip and knee extension so they use the same set of muscles which includes the gluteus maximus and quadriceps.
Push your buttocks up toward the ceiling.
Your feet should be flat on the floor as you lift your hips to the ceiling until your knees and thighs are parallel.
Hold it for a second.
Lift your left leg and hold the knee with both your hands to draw it closer to your chest.
Lower the left leg placing the heel on the floor.
Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor hip width apart.
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Lie supine on your back on an exercise mat or the floor in a bent knee position with your feet flat on the floor.
Lower your hips and again push them up.
Gently contract your abdominal muscles to flatten your low back into the floor.
Press into the ground with your heels and squeeze your glutes to raise your hips off the floor.
Plus it offers a nice hip flexor stretch at the top to unlock greater mobility.
This completes one rep.
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Do two sets of 6 reps.
How to do it.
Glute bridge with adduction and knee extension.
To do the bridge exercise lay on your back and position your arms at your side with your knees bent.
It requires you to face the floor with your thighs on the pad letting your spine extend upward.
But the main muscle used in the bridge is the gluteus maximus muscle the largest one in the buttocks.