Torso Raise on a Roman Bench
Adjust the Roman bench so the hip pads are just below your hip crease, allowing free hip hinge. Secure your heels under the footpads, ensuring your body forms a straight line from head to heels.
- Equipment
- Equipment
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Focus Area
- Back
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- erector spinae
- gluteus maximus
- hamstrings
Secondary muscles
- rectus abdominis
- obliques
- quadriceps
Target muscles
- back
- glutes
- hamstrings
How to perform
- 1
Adjust the Roman bench so the hip pads are just below your hip crease, allowing free hip hinge.
- 2
Secure your heels under the footpads, ensuring your body forms a straight line from head to heels.
- 3
Cross your arms over your chest or hold a weight plate against your chest for added resistance.
- 4
Hinge at your hips, slowly lowering your torso until it's almost perpendicular to the floor, maintaining a neutral spine.
- 5
Engage your glutes and lower back to raise your torso back to the starting position, forming a straight line with your body.
- 6
Control the movement throughout and avoid hyperextending your back past a neutral spine at the top.
Safety & form
Train smart. Read these notes before adding heavy load.
