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Single-Leg Barbell Hip Thrust

Sit on the floor with your upper back against a bench and a padded barbell resting across your hips. Plant one foot flat on the floor with the knee bent and extend the other leg straight out or hold it bent in the air. Bracing your core, drive through the working heel to extend your hips until your torso and working thigh form a straight line, squeezing that glute hard at the top. Lower under control until your hips nearly touch the floor, complete your reps, then switch legs.

GLUTES · LOWER BODY

How it is executed

  1. Sit on the floor with your upper back against a bench and a padded barbell resting across your hips.
  2. Plant one foot flat on the floor with the knee bent and extend the other leg straight out or hold it bent in the air.
  3. Bracing your core, drive through the working heel to extend your hips until your torso and working thigh form a straight line, squeezing that glute hard at the top.
  4. Lower under control until your hips nearly touch the floor, complete your reps, then switch legs.
Muscles worked
Glutes
Primary muscle
Gluteus maximus
Equipment
Barbell
Movement pattern
Lower body
Difficulty
Intermediate
What it is for
StrengthHypertrophy

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