Barbell Hip Thrusts
How to Do 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 Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Barbell Hip Thrusts targets glutes & hip flexors and also works abs. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is a gym exercise. Equipment required: barbell / ez-bar.
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