reverse hypers

[Q.]

Oooooooh, THESE look wicked! Anybody got access to such a machine?

[joshman]

I'm going to build one soon as an extension to my power rack.

In the meantime I've been putting my bench on a small incline, laying face down on the bench with my legs hanging off the top of the bench, and wrapping a couple small jumpstretch bands around the base of the bench and the back of my legs. I have no idea how what I'm doing compares to a real reverse hyper, though I'd imagine the force curve is similiar.

I made a little picture, but I can't figure out how to upload it.

[jreimann]

The Reverse Hyper is an awesome machine. I recently made myself a homemade one. Below are 2 links to forum threads on the Fortified Iron board that has pics and instructions to make your own.
Thread 1

Thread 2

I made mine pretty the way outlined in the 2 above threads. Working with it is great. I just using 80lb on mine but a set of 10-20 will totally relieve any tightness of the lower back and get the blood pumping. I've been doing a set in the morning and one in the evening to just boost my recovery and lower back health. It has made a marked recovery difference using it on the days following the intense lower body workout I did last Sat. I really recommend making or buying one, your lower back will thank you.

[dos]

Love that gym....most places have swiss balls lying around ....these guys have STONES lying around !!! Gotta love that!

We use our glute-ham benches and just turn around and place our hips on the thigh padding. High enough to get full ROM.....we put a DB or MB between the ankles.

[mitsuman47]

Sweet! DKing and I were just talking about how to build one of those the other night. I'm building a workout "shed" and my buddy is going to weld me a power rack, so I'm going to try to get him to build me as much equipment as possible while he has his welder at my house.

Thanks, jreimann.