Barbell Hip Thrust

Glutes · Barbell

How to do it

Upper back on a bench, bar over your hips with a pad, feet shoulder width with shins vertical at the top. Drive your hips up until your body is in line, **squeezing the glutes and tucking the pelvis**, without arching your lower back. Hold a second at the top: that is the exercise. You feel the glutes and only the glutes. The classic mistake is pushing with hamstrings and lower back; if you feel your back, tuck harder and lower the weight.

Also works: Legs, Core

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