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Pick any exercise from the full library while a workout is running, not
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most recent log of that exercise, else the library's authored Defaults
line, else a plain 3x10. Adds a searchable two-section picker sheet and
a **Defaults:** bullet to all 47 library reference pages.

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Dead Bug

Anti-extension drill — the limbs move while the trunk stays perfectly still.

  • Category: Warm-up
  • Type: Anti-extension
  • Targets: Deep core (transverse abdominis), hip flexor control
  • Prescription: 8 per side, slow and controlled
  • Defaults: 3 × 8 bodyweight

Setup

Lie on your back. Arms straight up over the shoulders, hips and knees bent to 90°, lower back pressed into the floor.

Execution

  1. Brace and exhale as you lower one arm overhead and the opposite leg toward the floor.
  2. Stop just before the lower back peels off the floor.
  3. Return under control and switch sides.

Cues

  • Lower back glued to the floor the entire time — that contact is the exercise.
  • Slow negatives; the reach out should take 23 seconds.
  • Ribs down, no flaring as the arm goes overhead.

Common Mistakes

  • Arching the lower back as the leg lowers.
  • Moving arm and leg on the same side.
  • Rushing reps and turning it into a flutter kick.

Progression

Heels sliding on floor → bent-knee reach → straight-leg reach → both legs lowering together → light weight held overhead