5 Unconventional Uses of the Reverse Hyper

Shayna Dunitz
Central Athlete
Published in
4 min readSep 30, 2020

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Photo by Nico Loayza

The Reverse Hyper is a piece of exercise equipment that was designed and invented by powerlifter, strength coach, inventor, and author, Louie Simmons. After breaking his back in 1973, surgeons wanted him to undergo a procedure that would fuse part of his spine and leave two vertebrae missing. In 1974, Louie invented the Reverse Hyperextension Machine after searching out alternative interventions and found that doing…

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Shayna Dunitz
Central Athlete

Runner, bookworm, operations maven. Living the dream in Austin, TX.