Stability Ball Reverse Hyperextension (off a bench)

Perform the Stability Ball Reverse Hyperextension by positioning your hips on the stability ball while lying face down on a bench.

  1. Secure your legs together and allow them to hang off the edge of the bench.
  2. Engage your core and lift your legs towards the ceiling, keeping them straight.
  3. Lower your legs back down without touching the ground and repeat.

How to perform the Stability Ball Reverse Hyperextension (off a bench)

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Stability Ball Reverse Hyperextension (off a bench) using your stability ball.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your hamstrings.
  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 hamstrings 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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