Weights Question: Hip Thrust

you're going about this the wrong way.

you don't choose the exercises that other folks do, or that other folks recommend, or that other folks have found useful.

you choose the exercises that you need to turn you from what you are into what you want to be.

you train the athlete, not the event.

cheers.

Wanna get fast wrote:

...but what are people's experiences regarding hip thrusts?

You got to activate your glutes, bro. Put your back on a bench while sitting on the floor. Have a bar in front/on top of you. Do a bridge where you lift your pelvis up.

All the girls check me out when I do them. They wish they could put there face right there between thrust.

Really Bro wrote:

Wanna get fast wrote:

...but what are people's experiences regarding hip thrusts?

You got to activate your glutes, bro. Put your back on a bench while sitting on the floor. Have a bar in front/on top of you. Do a bridge where you lift your pelvis up.

All the girls check me out when I do them. They wish they could put there face right there between thrust.

Yeah, I'm sure that's what the girls are thinking. Nevertheless the exercise destined is very good.

Cottonshirt wrote:

you're going about this the wrong way.

you don't choose the exercises that other folks do, or that other folks recommend, or that other folks have found useful.

you choose the exercises that you need to turn you from what you are into what you want to be.

you train the athlete, not the event.

cheers.

No crap! This is the whole point of my inquiry!

Such an unecessary post and a failed attempt at sounding wise

Yes OP do them. Weak glutes lead to many injuries

[quote] No crap! This is the whole point of my inquiry! [quote]

well that isn't the question you asked.

surprisingly, the sentence with the question mark at the end is the question.

which means that you asked: what are people's experiences regarding hip thrusts?

the question you should have asked is: I can do x and y but I suck at z. which exercises will help me improve in this area?

if you do not appreciate the difference between these two questions then I suggest you go back to high school and take some basic reading comprehension classes.

cheers.

Definitely do them. Especially if your goal is to strengthen your glutes as lollol mentioned above. Look up Brent Contraras -- he has studies showing that hip thrusts activate/strengthen glutes significantly more than squats and deadlifts.

Isn’t there significant risk of injury to one’s manhood from this? I don’t think I’m going to try this due to that fear. I get a similar fright from kettlebells, though with those I also fear smashing my head.

Peter Perfect wrote:

Isn’t there significant risk of injury to one’s manhood from this? I don’t think I’m going to try this due to that fear. I get a similar fright from kettlebells, though with those I also fear smashing my head.

I can't do kettle bell swings because my boys are too large

Hip thrusts are a great lift to target the gluts. Should be included with other movements that grab a large number of motor units. I would start with the power clean, then squats, deadlifts, and then hip thrust. After I would love to ancillary lifts that would include a stability ball hamstring roll unders and quadriceps roll unders. For more detail and a complete program check out my book the Sprinter's Compendium. I hope this helps you feel free to contact me if you have further questions.

Ryry wrote:

Hip thrusts are a great lift to target the gluts. Should be included with other movements that grab a large number of motor units. I would start with the power clean, then squats, deadlifts, and then hip thrust. After I would love to ancillary lifts that would include a stability ball hamstring roll unders and quadriceps roll unders. For more detail and a complete program check out my book the Sprinter's Compendium. I hope this helps you feel free to contact me if you have further questions.

That's way too much load on your legs for 1 day.

coach wrote:

I would start with the power clean, then squats, deadlifts, and then hip thrust.

That's way too much load on your legs for 1 day.[/quote]

It's not, bro. I would skip power clean if you haven't done it before. The mechanics of it are not easy to get down, and I think you should get used to using Olympic weights first.

Yes power clean needs to be taught and done with good technique. Olympic lifts should always go first. IMO