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Also known as: One-leg Roman chair hip extension, Single-leg hyperextension, One-leg 45-degree hip extension.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Spine
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Spinalis thoracis
  • Longissimus thoracis
  • Iliocostalis

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Equipment

Roman chair
Roman chair

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Appears in

Joint movements
Hipextension
trains stretches

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Progressions

e1cl

Weighted single-leg 45-degree hip extension

Novice

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Regressions

e1ci

45-degree hip extension

Beginner

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Variations

e1ci

45-degree hip extension

Beginner
e1cl

Weighted single-leg 45-degree hip extension

Novice
e1ck

Weighted 45-degree hip extension

Novice
e1cy

Weighted Roman chair back extension

Novice
e00i

Jefferson curl

Novice
e1co

Roman chair back extension with twist

Novice
e0h2

Good morning

Novice
e0pk

Seated good morning

Novice
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