Use them for warm-ups and cool-downs or to build the sort of lumbars that can levitate the biggest weight . . . it's no coincidence that many of the fabled former Eastern bloc Olympic-style weightlifters considered hypers a training staple. Now hypers have gone global--and when we say hypers, we mean traditional, not reverse, hyperextensions . . . with all their benefits ready to back up and improve your best efforts against the heaviest weights.

World records in the snatch, clean and jerk, and deadlift aside, hyperextensions are just what the doctor (hopefully) ordered to maintain a healthy lower back or to restore an injured one to full service.

If you already own IronMind's Pillars of Power II*, you can just buy the hyperextension attachments and midsection pad. You'll appreciate our High Country Hyper Machine's fully adjustable height; the distance for your legs; and its secure anchor system for your feet with a brace that makes your lower body as rigid as you'd like it. Height of front 36-40" and back 32-1/2-36-1/2"; overall length of Pillars of Power II base 64-1/2"; width of Pillars of Power base 31". All steel construction.

No. 1227-H set of 3 hyper attachments: foot brace w/solid bar, midsection support, and H-base $389.95

* for use only with a Pillars of Power II Base (with crossbar); we're sorry but the Hyperextension Attachment does not work with our original Pillars of Power (two free-standing racks)