Machine Hip Thrust

Adjust the machine and sit with your upper back on the pad and feet on the platform. Place the pad across your hips. Drive your hips up, squeeze at the top, then lower slowly.

GLUTES · LOWER BODY

Machine Hip Thrust: how the movement is executed

How it is executed

Adjust the machine and sit with your upper back on the pad and feet on the platform.
Place the pad across your hips.
Drive your hips up, squeeze at the top, then lower slowly.

Muscles worked: Glutes
Primary muscle: Gluteus maximus
Equipment: Machine
Movement pattern: Lower body
Difficulty: Intermediate
What it is for: StrengthHypertrophy

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