Glutes

Hip Thrusts

This exercise is primarily dedicated to building your glute muscles and is particularly suitable for beginners. It primarily engages the hip and knee joints. If the exercise with just your body weight is too easy, you can use additional weight or perform the Single-Leg Hip Thrusts.

Hip Thrusts - the correct execution

  • Start lying on the back
  • Put the feet close to the buttocks
  • Extend the hip as much as possible
  • At the same time, tense your buttocks

The exercise Hip Thrusts is intended to be used as a hypertrophy exercise.

Which muscles are trained by Hip Thrusts?

Primary trained muscles for Hip Thrusts

  • Glutes - The gluteus maximus is the large muscle in your buttocks. It is important for extending the hip, moving your leg backward, and stabilizing the hip joint.

Secondary trained muscles for Hip Thrusts

  • Hamstrings - The hamstrings are muscle groups located at the back of your thigh. They help you bend your knee and extend your hip.

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Alternative variants of Hip Thrusts:

Weighted Hip Thrusts

Gradually increase the weight in this exercise to promote muscle growth in your glutes. A dumbbell is especially suitable for beginners at first. However, it is also possible to perform this exercise with a kettlebell or with a bench and barbell.

Necessary equipment

Dumbbell

Weighted Hip Thrusts - the correct execution

  • Start lying on the back
  • Put the legs up
  • Place the dumbbell on your hip
  • Stretch your hips and lift your buttocks upwards
  • Activate your buttocks and go up as far as possible
  • Feet and shoulders remain on the floor
  • Lower yourself slowly and controlled back to the starting position
  • The training weight for this exercise is the weight of a single dumbbell

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