In Home Back Workout: Superman Video

Supermans are a perfect exercise for working the lower back. Learn how to perform supermans from a certified trainer in this fitness video.

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Kyle Brayer is a certified trainer and a sports conditioning specialist. He is also the owner of Epic Fitness and a former U.S. Marine.

Hello, I'm Kyle Brayer, and your next in-home workout will be Superman's. Now that we've taken care of a lot of the upper back, and the wide part of the V on your lat muscles, we're going to work the lower back. In order to do this, you're going to lie down on the ground, face down. You're going to extend your arms out in front of you, and your legs out to the back. And then, what you want to do is come up, and almost like a reverse V, so your feet and your hands; I'm sorry, your feet, and your hands will be coming off the ground. So, I'm lying down. I throw my hands out in front of me, and my feet out in front of me. This is my beginning, or starting position, and I'm going to come up, so only my torso; my abdominal region and my pelvis; is on the ground. I'm going to hold; keeping my back contracted, and a nice pinch in my lower back. I'll hold for about fifteen seconds, or until my back begins to tire, and then I lower down to the ground and rest, and then I'll come back up; hold for fifteen seconds, and then come back down. So I'll do that to the front; and the key here is you don't want your hands to come back, and you don't want to roll your feet up. You just want to make a nice V with your back; putting all that stress on your lower back. And that is a Superman.

In Home Back Workout: Superman Video

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