Hip extension exercises build up our often neglected posterior chain—the muscles on the back of the body. Balancing your strength routine with moves that focus on your backside is important to ...

While show muscles like abs, pecs, and biceps may hog the spotlight, your back comprises some of the most important muscles in the body for structural support. The best back exercises help stabilize ...

You don't need to have an entire arsenal of equipment to your name to get a good workout in. In fact, one solid piece of equipment (and some creativity), will suffice. The medicine ball, also commonly ...

It’s easy to almost forget we have muscles in our back. We can see and feel our biceps and our abs working, but if we ever get a sore lower back, we often worry that we’ve hurt our spine. In fact, ...

Today we're exploring an exercise that's often misunderstood but incredibly powerful: the weighted back extension. I'll break down what it does, who it's for, and how you can truly master it to build ...

There are a lot of ways to work out with a ball in the gym. You have the ball sports—soccer, basketball, tennis, to name a few. Then, there are medicine balls, BOSU balls, and stability balls. They ...

WHEN IT COMES to training your lower back, it doesn’t get more straightforward than back extensions. This old school classic is a bit more nuanced than you might think, however—and that makes ...

Several studies describe that in addition to the thoracic and lumbar muscles, the Latissimus dorsi (LD) and hip extensors contribute during trunk extension performance. [28,30–33] These findings ...