The Dumbbell Rollout is an effective exercise for strengthening your core and improving stability.

  1. Start in a kneeling position with a dumbbell in each hand.
  2. Engage your core and slowly roll the dumbbells forward, extending your body.
  3. Keep your back straight and avoid sagging your hips.
  4. Roll out as far as you can while maintaining control.
  5. Pull the dumbbells back to the starting position using your core muscles.

How to perform the Dumbbell Rollout

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Dumbbell Rollout using your dumbbell.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your glutes.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your glutes rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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