Lower back curl
Lower back Bodyweight
How to do it
- 1Lie face‑down with legs extended and arms at your sides.
- 2Engage your glutes and hamstrings, and lift your upper body off the floor, arching your back upward.
- 3Pause briefly at the top, then lower your upper body slowly back to the start.
- 4Repeat the desired number of reps.
More lower back exercises
- Standing pelvic tiltBodyweight
- SphinxBodyweight
- Back extension on exercise ballStability ball
- Hyperextension (on bench)Bodyweight
- Exercise ball back extension with hands behind headStability ball
- Exercise ball back extension with rotationStability ball
- Weighted hyperextension (on stability ball)Weighted
- Roller back stretchFoam roller
See it moving
In the app every exercise comes with its animation and the muscle marked on the body, with the set timer and the rests counted.
See NiudThis page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.

