Barbell Hip Thrusts
- Sit on a padded surface with your legs out in front of you and the knees bent. Make sure your back is against a secured bench. Lay a barbell across your lap.
- Focusing the tension in the glutes, raise your hips skyward, moving the bar up with you.
- Pause when you feel the contraction in your glutes then slowly lower yourself to the starting position.
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Barbell hip thrusts is a gym work out exercise that targets glutes & hip flexors and also involves abs. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Butterfly stretch, lying side leg lifts / lateral raises / hip abductors / adductors and stability / swiss / exercise ball single / one leg hips raises / leg curls are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as barbell hip thrusts. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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