Elevated / Barbell Glute Bridges / Hip Raises
- Position your upper back on a padded bench so that your body runs perpendicular to the bench.
- Align your feet so they are about shoulder width apart, with the soles flat on the box with your back and hips elevated from the floor.
- Slowly lower your body into the gap between the bench and the box allowing your toes to point upward as you do so.
- Lift your body upwards using the muscles in your lower back and glutes all the way to the top of the extension.
- Tense you glutes holding the top position before lowering your body back down for the next rep.
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Elevated / barbell glute bridges / hip raises is a gym work out exercise that targets glutes & hip flexors and also involves lower back. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Cable pull throughs / pulls, donkey kicks and cossack squats are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as elevated / barbell glute bridges / hip raises. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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