Dead Bug
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Dead Bug is a bodyweight core movement. It primarily trains the Transverse Abdominis, with the Obliques assisting. In Rebar it is logged as weight × reps, so every set contributes to your volume, your estimated 1RM and your Strength Index. It is also called dead bugs, deadbug, pilates dead bug with ball.
Movement details
Primary muscle
Transverse Abdominis
Secondary
Obliques
Equipment
Bodyweight
Tracked as
Weight × reps
Category
abs
Also known as
dead bugsdeadbugpilates dead bug with balldead bug with ballpilates ipsilateral dead bug with ballipsilateral dead bug
Track your Dead Bug
Log it in Rebar and this page becomes your record for the lift: every session, your heaviest set, and estimated-1RM progression over time.
More Transverse Abdominis exercises
Movements whose primary mover is also the Transverse Abdominis.
More core with a bodyweight
Same equipment, same area — useful when the rack is busy.