Lower Back Exercises
131 Free Exercise DB records tag the lower back as a primary or secondary muscle. Tagged inventory and primary-muscle count are ranked separately.
36 beginner · 72 intermediate · 23 advanced, computed across all tagged exercises.
According to the Free Exercise DB corpus on PlainExercise, Lower Back ranks #9 of 18 by tagged inventory (131) and #16 by primary-muscle count (0). Shoulders is #1 of 18 by tagged inventory (335 records) at primary-count #2 (127) ≠ Quadriceps #1 primary (148 records, tagged #4 at 227).
- Lower Back ranks #9 of 18 by tagged inventory (131) and #16 by primary-muscle count (0). Shoulders is #1 of 18 by tagged inventory (335 records) at primary-count #2 (127) ≠ Quadriceps #1 primary (148 records, tagged #4 at 227).
- 131 tagged records · 0 primary-field records
- Free Exercise DB (CC0) live extract
Catalog lens
Tagged inventory is not primary-muscle count
According to the Free Exercise DB corpus on PlainExercise, Lower Back ranks #9 of 18 by tagged inventory (131) and #16 by primary-muscle count (0). Shoulders is #1 of 18 by tagged inventory (335 records) at primary-count #2 (127) ≠ Quadriceps #1 primary (148 records, tagged #4 at 227).
Tagged inventory
#9 of 18
131 tagged records. Shoulders leads tagged.
Primary-muscle count
#16 of 15
0 primary-field records. Quadriceps leads primary.
Lower Back vs all muscles by tagged exercise inventory
Where this muscle's Free Exercise DB tagged-record count sits among every muscle with at least one tag (catalog density, not training priority)
131 Top 50% more tagged exercises than 50% of 18 muscles
Muscles, banded by tagged Free Exercise DB record count
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more muscles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source Free Exercise DB · 2026-07-10
- 131
- Exercises
- 36
- Beginner-friendly
- 110
- Compound lifts
- 4
- Equipment-free
Lower Back exercises by equipment
According to the open Free Exercise DB datasets, the 131 lower back tagged records split across equipment types as below - barbell leads the listed set, and 4 listed records are labeled body only.
Lower Back movements by equipment
What the Lower Back Exercise Data Reveals
The PlainExercise database catalogues 131 records that tag the lower back as a primary or secondary muscle. That tagged inventory is not the primary-muscle map: According to the Free Exercise DB corpus on PlainExercise, Lower Back ranks #9 of 18 by tagged inventory (131) and #16 by primary-muscle count (0). Shoulders is #1 of 18 by tagged inventory (335 records) at primary-count #2 (127) ≠ Quadriceps #1 primary (148 records, tagged #4 at 227).. Within the listed set, 36 are tagged beginner, 72 intermediate, 23 advanced, and 0 carry no explicit level classification. Every record is sourced from the public-domain Free Exercise DB.
Context matters: this database tracks exercise taxonomy. "Primary muscle" is a source field, not a claim that a listed movement isolates the lower back. Compound lifts tagged here may recruit this muscle as a secondary mover. This page is a catalog extract, not medical or personal-training advice.
Beginner (36)
Foundational movements to learn the pattern.
- Backward Dragother · compound
- Band Good Morningbands · compound
- Band Good Morning (Pull Through)bands · compound
- Barbell Side Bendbarbell · isolation
- Barbell Side Split Squatbarbell · compound
- Barbell Squatbarbell · compound
- Bent Over Low-Pulley Side Lateralcable · isolation
- Bent Over One-Arm Long Bar Rowbarbell · compound
- Cable Deadliftscable · compound
- Cat Stretch
- Chair Lower Back Stretchisolation
- Child's Posenone (bodyweight exercise)
- Clean Deadliftbarbell · compound
- Dancer's Stretch
- Dumbbell Squatdumbbell · compound
- Hug A Ballexercise ball · isolation
- Hug Knees To Chest
- Hyperextensions (Back Extensions)other · isolation
- Knee Across The Body
- Landmine 180'sbarbell · compound
- Lower Back-SMRfoam roll
- Middle Back Stretchisolation
- One Knee To Chestcompound
- Pull Throughcable · compound
- Pyramidexercise ball
- Sandbag Loadother · compound
- Seated Calf Stretch
- Smith Machine Squatmachine · compound
- Smith Machine Stiff-Legged Deadliftmachine · compound
- Spinal Stretchisolation
- Squats - With Bandsbands · compound
- Standing Pelvic Tiltisolation
- Stiff Leg Barbell Good Morningbarbell · compound
- Stiff-Legged Dumbbell Deadliftdumbbell · compound
- Supermanbody only · compound
- Upper Back-Leg Grab
Intermediate (72)
Movements that require basic strength and coordination.
- Alternating Hang Cleankettlebells · compound
- Atlas Stone Trainerother · compound
- Axle Deadliftother · compound
- Barbell Ab Rolloutbarbell · compound
- Barbell Deadliftbarbell · compound
- Barbell Full Squatbarbell · compound
- Box Squatbarbell · compound
- Car Deadliftother · compound
- Cleanbarbell · compound
- Clean and Pressbarbell · compound
- Clean Pullbarbell · compound
- Conan's Wheelother · compound
- Crossover Reverse Lunge
- Deficit Deadliftbarbell · compound
- Double Kettlebell Alternating Hang Cleankettlebells · compound
- Dumbbell Cleandumbbell · compound
- Dumbbell Squat To A Benchdumbbell · compound
- Farmer's Walkother · compound
- Good Morningbarbell · compound
- Good Morning off Pinsbarbell · compound
- Hang Cleanbarbell · compound
- Hang Clean - Below the Kneesbarbell · compound
- Hanging Bar Good Morningbarbell · compound
- Hyperextensions With No Hyperextension Benchbody only · compound
- Iron Crossdumbbell · compound
- Jefferson Squatsbarbell · compound
- Keg Loadother · compound
- Kettlebell Dead Cleankettlebells · compound
- Kettlebell Hang Cleankettlebells · compound
- Kettlebell One-Legged Deadliftkettlebells · compound
- Kneeling Squatbarbell · compound
- Log Liftother · compound
- Muscle Snatchbarbell · compound
- Narrow Stance Squatsbarbell · compound
- Natural Glute Ham Raisebody only · compound
- One-Arm Kettlebell Cleankettlebells · compound
- One-Arm Kettlebell Swingskettlebells · compound
- One-Arm Open Palm Kettlebell Cleankettlebells · compound
- Pelvic Tilt Into Bridgecompound
- Power Cleanbarbell · compound
- Power Snatch from Blocksbarbell · compound
- Power Stairsother · compound
- Rack Pull with Bandsbarbell · compound
- Rack Pullsbarbell · compound
- Reverse Band Box Squatbarbell · compound
- Rickshaw Carryother · compound
- Rickshaw Deadliftother · compound
- Romanian Deadliftbarbell · compound
- Romanian Deadlift from Deficitbarbell · compound
- Rowing, Stationarymachine
- Russian Twistbody only · compound
- Seated Good Morningsbarbell · compound
- Smith Machine Hang Power Cleanmachine · compound
- Snatchbarbell · compound
- Snatch Deadliftbarbell · compound
- Snatch Pullbarbell · compound
- Split Cleanbarbell · compound
- Squat with Bandsbarbell · compound
- Squat with Chainsbarbell · compound
- Stiff-Legged Barbell Deadliftbarbell · compound
- Sumo Deadliftbarbell · compound
- Sumo Deadlift with Bandsbarbell · compound
- Sumo Deadlift with Chainsbarbell · compound
- Suspended Falloutother · isolation
- Tire Flipother · compound
- Two-Arm Kettlebell Cleankettlebells · compound
- Weighted Ball Hyperextensionexercise ball · compound
- Weighted Jump Squatbarbell · compound
- Wide Stance Barbell Squatbarbell · compound
- Wide Stance Stiff Legsbarbell · compound
- Windmills
- Yoke Walkother · compound
Advanced (23)
Complex or highly loaded movements for experienced lifters.
- Atlas Stonesother · compound
- Barbell Ab Rollout - On Kneesbarbell · compound
- Barbell Squat To A Benchbarbell · compound
- Bent Presskettlebells · compound
- Box Squat with Bandsbarbell · compound
- Box Squat with Chainsbarbell · compound
- Circus Bellother · compound
- Clean and Jerkbarbell · compound
- Deadlift with Bandsbarbell · compound
- Deadlift with Chainsbarbell · compound
- Hang Snatchbarbell · compound
- Hang Snatch - Below Kneesbarbell · compound
- One-Arm Kettlebell Snatchkettlebells · compound
- One-Arm Side Deadliftbarbell · compound
- Open Palm Kettlebell Cleankettlebells · compound
- Overhead Squatbarbell · compound
- Power Snatchbarbell · compound
- Reverse Band Deadliftbarbell · compound
- Reverse Band Power Squatbarbell · compound
- Reverse Band Sumo Deadliftbarbell · compound
- Snatch from Blocksbarbell · compound
- Speed Squatsbarbell · compound
- Split Snatchbarbell · compound
Nationwide muscle groups with similar catalog scale
Two Free Exercise DB peer sets for Lower Back, each excluding this muscle so the neighborhoods are attribute-based, not self-containment (the exercise lists above stay the within-group path).
Similar tagged inventory
Nearest other muscles by primary+secondary tagged records (131 here).