Reverse Hyperextension

[Justin Hurley]

Anyone have one of these in your gym??
Or thought of a good way to do them without the bench Simmons patented.

I am going to weld up my own. Only thing which I will have to hunt around for is sponge and the linning to go on the pad on top.

[Scourge_of_God]

Anyone have one of these in your gym??
Or thought of a good way to do them without the bench Simmons patented.

I am going to weld up my own. Only thing which I will have to hunt around for is sponge and the linning to go on the pad on top.
Are reverse hypers the ones with you upper body fixed, raising your legs, or with your lower body fixed, raising your torso?

[Justin Hurley]

Upper torso laying on bench and you bend your legs at the hips.

[Scourge_of_God]

Upper torso laying on bench and you bend your legs at the hips.
I used to do these way back when I started lifting by propping one end of a bench on a block or box and lying on it with my head towards the lower end of the bench. You can hold onto the bench to keep yourself stable and chain plates to your ankles for resistance.

That not do the trick?

[Justin Hurley]

I think you need to get your legs to be at 90 degrees to your torso, or close to 90 degress, for the benefits of decompressing the spinal disks.

[Scourge_of_God]

I think you need to get your legs to be at 90 degrees to your torso, or close to 90 degress, for the benefits of decompressing the spinal disks.
If you mean what I think you mean, that should be possible if you've got something high enough to put under one end of the bench.

What are the particular benefits of hyperextensions anyway? Why not another PC lift?

[Justin Hurley]

The Reverse Hyper decompresses the spine and has no vertical compression on the spine at all. This simple device allows for dynamic strength development in the concentric phase, while serving as a rehabilitation mechanism in the eccentric phase by gently stretching and depressurizing the spine and creating, in essence, an internal pumping mechanism, filling the spinal column with spinal fluid and the low back muscles with blood .Anyone who has injured their back knows that the pressure needs to be relieved and circulation restored to the injured area in order to rehabilitate. this can be used 3 to 4 times a week for therapeutic work but have also had clients that used every day with light weight to get tightness out of lower back area.

[Scourge_of_God]

Aha... Awesome.

You got a picture of Louie's reverse hyper bench somewhere?

[Justin Hurley]

It's small but you can make it out.

[Scourge_of_God]

Thanks.

[AJ Roberts]

I used one last year when i was training at Golds, my squat went through the roof!! Unfortunatly right now my crew has swtiched to training at Gerogio's (owner of Forza) and there is no reverse hyper. Nothing we have tried hits your ass quite the same.

[Justin Hurley]

Nothing we have tried hits your ass quite the same.

Try Prison!!!!....LOL :D

[AJ Roberts]

:x lol

[bigger shaolinmonk]

I'm very intrested in purchasing one of these, they cost about a grand though..dam it! I'd like to get a ghr machine too.
If you manage to make one let me know how it goes jus.

[Rob Thomas]

I used one of those many moons ago, it was in a gym in Caerphilly that is no longer around. AJ is right, they do help a lot with the squat but they were bloody hard work though!

[Alex Gold]

Make one!

[badboy007]

any plans for making such a machine guys?

[Justin Hurley]

I am going to weld one up. I'll post pics when I finish it.

[Rob Thomas]

Here you go Just, order one of these, copy it and then send it back!
http://www.pullumsports.com/details.html?code=EQ009

[yank]

I've got one from Louie at home. Expensive, but great equipment that will last forever. It does seem like something a skilled welder could make. I'm curious, Justin, how much do you think it will cost you to build one?

[AJ Roberts]

Louie has a copy right on the RH Pullman shouldn't be selling those :?

[Justin Hurley]

By the looks of it AJ, Simmons has two USA patents on his RH machine.

I think they would cost less than £100 to make.

The Pullum version looks easier to make, less angles to cut. I am going to copy that one. Don't need to order it, I'll work the sizes out.

[Rob Thomas]

Take a look at this Justin, making one of these for your power rack would probably save valuable space in your garage too.....

http://www.joshua-davis.com/index.php?refer=revhyper

[Justin Hurley]

That's a good idea, won't work for my rack though as I have different safety pins.