← LegsGlutes
The muscles of the hips and bum, trained by driving your hips forward or pushing your legs out.
Sets, reps and rest
- Warm-up
- 1 set
- About 50% of your working weight, or lighter, for as many reps as you like.
- Working sets
- 2–3
- 2 is recommended. Take each set close to failure.
- Reps
- 6–10
- Recommended for every exercise. Some exercises also list another range that suits them.
- Rest
- 3+ min
- At least 3 minutes, or until you feel ready. Take 5 or more if you need it, because resting too little costs you reps.
Warm up first
Do these to loosen up, then do your warm-up set before your working sets.
Lying on your back, drive your hips up and squeeze your glutes.
Hold on to something and swing each leg across your body.
Slow, deep squats with your chest up.
Pick 1 of these 2 exercises
BarbellCompound
Barbell hip thrust
6–10 reps recommended
- Rest your upper back on a bench with the bar across your hips. Use a pad.
- Drive through your heels to lift your hips until your body is flat.
- Squeeze your glutes at the top and keep your chin tucked.
Watch a video demo (opens YouTube in a new tab) ↗MachineIsolation
Hip abductor machine
6–10 reps recommended
- Sit with the pads on the outside of your knees.
- Push your knees out as far as you can.
- Lean forward slightly to put more work on your glutes. Control the way back in.
Watch a video demo (opens YouTube in a new tab) ↗