It’s normal to be able to hip thrust way more than you can lift in any other exercise. For your first time, you may not want to start with the big (45-pound) plates on your barbell. At some gyms ...

The most common way to perform the hip thrust is with a barbell, pad (to protect your bones as the weight increases), bench, weight plates, and clips, says Rothberg. However, if this equipment isn ...

Squats may be king when it comes to strengthening our lower body, but the hip thrust is the gold when it comes to building our backside. The glutes house the largest and most powerful muscle in ...

You also have a greater opportunity to go heavy on the hip thrust because you’re using a barbell and weight plates, which you just wriggle under. Whereas if you want to go heavy on a glute ...