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How to do a dead bug: a Hinge Health guide
Learn how to do dead bugs to strengthen your core, plus modifications to make this exercise easier or harder.
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Last Updated: May 7, 2025
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Dead Bug Modifications
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Dead Bug Modifications
Table of Contents
What is a dead bug?
What muscles do dead bugs work?
Benefits of dead bugs
Dead bugs: exercises and modifications
How Hinge Health can help you
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