Thank you for the reply, but I am even more confused now!
stuward wrote:Hyperextention is listed twice because people us them to train different body parts. Both are correct.
How can one exercise be said to target 2 different muscles? It can be said to target both muscles, but not one muscle on one page and another muscle on another page, if you know what I mean.
stuward wrote:The difference between back extension and hyper-extension is the range of motion. hyper-extension fully extends the back, while back extension stops when the back is parallel to the legs.
According to the exercise descriptions, in the hyperextension, both the waist and hip are fully flexed and then fully extended, while in the back extension, only the waist is fully flexed and then fully extended.
I realise that to hyperextend means to extend fully, but maybe in this case hyperextension means to fully flex and extend both the hip and waist instead of just the waist.
stuward wrote:Back raise and back extension are basically the same thing.
According to the exercise descriptions, in the back raise (aka hip extension), only the hip is fully flexed and then fully extended, while in the back extension, only the waist is fully flexed and then fully extended.
So confusing!
Wherever I look online, it says that the back extension and the hyperextension are the same thing except that the hyperextension involves hyperextending the back; however, the exercise descriptions on exrx state otherwise!
I would appreciate your thoughts on this matter.
