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For menLying on your back

Dead Bug

A floor core, legs, and back exercise from the men’s track. Lie on your back with your knees bent and raised and your arms extended upward.

Times practiced[1]
1,158
Men’s popularity[2]
#38of 140
Days per active week[3]
1.2days
Difficulty[4]
2/ 5
Clarity[5]
3/ 5
In a workout[6]
30 sec

Practice history: September 28 – October 25, 2026. What do these numbers mean?

How to do it

  1. Lie on your back with your knees bent and raised and your arms extended upward.

  2. Lower one arm behind your head and the opposite leg toward the floor, return, and switch sides while keeping your lower back down.

What you should feel

Your deep abs keeping your lower back pressed down as your arm and leg extend.

About these numbers and scores

Practice history covers September 28 – October 25, 2026. Difficulty and clarity come from the app’s exercise content.

  1. Times practiced. One record per exercise per saved workout. We count the exercise when it is marked complete, the workout is marked complete and its logged duration is positive. This movement has 1,158 counted records in this window. A repeated practice in another workout adds another record. Zero means no qualifying record was found in this window.
  2. Popularity. A count ranking within the men’s track. Only exercises with counted practices are ranked; equal counts share a place. Plan placement and repeat users affect the ranking.
  3. Days per active week. We count different local practice dates for each account in each Monday–Sunday week, then average those counts. Only weeks when that account practiced this exercise are included. Here that is 1,141 account-days ÷ 922 active account-weeks. We show the average when at least 10 accounts contributed. It describes this history; it is not a recommended weekly schedule.
  4. Difficulty. 2/5 — lower demand on the app’s content scale. Higher means more demanding. This is a fixed exercise score; it is not calculated from usage or a personal assessment.
  5. Clarity. 3/5 — middle of the scale on the app’s content scale. It describes how clearly the instructions and demonstration specify the movement. This is a content score, not a percentage of users who understood it or an average user review.
  6. In a workout. The movement’s default time block in the app. Pauses and settings can change elapsed practice time. It is not a repetition count.

These are saved app records, not verified repetitions or movement quality. Anonymous, unsynced and deleted histories can be missing. Accounts are not a one-to-one count of people, and this snapshot has no comprehensive staff/test-account exclusion.

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Try instead

The exercises the app offers in its place: easier, harder or just different.

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Bird Dog

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Difficulty 2/530 sec

Start on all fours with a neutral spine and your core engaged.

For men · Standing

Cross Toe Touches

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Difficulty 1/530 sec

Stand with your feet wide and your arms extended to the sides.

Workouts with this exercise

Ready-made sessions that include dead bug.

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Upper Back Activation

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9 min12 movements
For menAdvancedBack

Bulletproof Back

Advanced back-and-core circuit with side planks, prone raises and single-leg bridges.

15 min20 movements

Plans with this exercise

Guides for this practice