3 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Hip Thrusts
Glute training is definitely one of the in things these days. Let's be honest who doesn't want to have a good set of glutes for all the aesthetic benefits they bring, as well as all the positives for strength and performance.
Hip Thrusts are widely considered to be one of the most effective exercises for building your glutes, so here's 3 easy to implement tips to help you get the most out of them.
Keep your gaze forward, chin tucked
This helps create a good alignment of your body at the top of the movement and helps prevent you from overextending, thus keeping your back in a safer position.
Ultimately, it well help work your glutes more by putting the emphasis more on them and away from the hamstrings and erectors.
Drive through your heels
A common mistake when it comes to Hip Thrusts is pushing through the balls of your feet and letting your heels rise up off of the ground. This gets your calves and quads doing more of the work and takes the emphasis off of the glutes somewhat.
Make sure you drive through your heels to get those glutes working and get the most out of the exercise.
Squeeze your glutes at lockout
Getting a good squeeze in your glutes at the top of the movement forces them to do that bit more work with the extra time under tension. It also allows for more of a focus on the control of the weight and technique as you perform your reps. A subtle tweak but it can pay off.
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