Are u aware of BB hip thrusts work glutes more than squats?

TheSlorax

There are a few wondering if you really are a woman....nothing to do with the lifting, just curious. I think people were wanting video of proof on that. Not a problem, right? If it comes down to proof, you are willing to take the challenge, right?

I second this.

HEY I told everyone to do this like 5 pages ago! easiest nudies ever!

jofjltncb6

Can we get back to the fact that the OP BB hip thrusts (allegedly) 195lb but seems to struggle with deadlifting 135lb. Seems a little *kitten* about face to me.

Also, the deadlift vid was from a few months ago.

I hip thrusted today at 200 lbs for 2 sets of 5 reps

How tall are you?

Barely 5ft and bulked up now to 98 lbs

Ahh. If you can BB thrust 200lbs, I'm assuming the small stature gives you a greater leverage advantage.

I'm still going to need a video to believe this.

What's so hard to believe about this? Just because you wrote that I went to the gym today and recorded myself JUST FOR YOU. Because you don't believe it. Do you feel special now? Seriously, what is so hard to believe about that? I have seen girls my size (around 5ft ish or maybe an inch or two taller) and around 100 lbs deadlifting 225 lbs.... What is so hard to believe about someone my size hip thrusting 200 lbs? It's not THAT heavy or preposterous that it would be "impossible"... actually very doable and any average person who trains regularly would be able to do it if they focused on it.

Oh and for you not believing me being able to hip thrust 200 lbs... I did it today again... 1 set at 135 lbs... which honestly feels light like air now after doing 200 lbs... and 2 sets at 200 lbs... 3rd/last set is the cleanest at 200 lbs.... 1 45 lb plate, 3 10 lbs plates and 1 2.5 lb plate on each side; I ain't frauding. And yes; I am 98 lbs. Eventually I will hit 225 lbs; it's not that far off...

I also made a video of the plates on the bar to prove that it was 200 lbs because you cannot see all the plates from the side; however the recorder would not let me tape normal and then switch to the front facing camera to record my sets... once I started using the regular camera for awhile the button to change over to the front facing one would fade away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEM5_edC8yE

:laugh:

You win.

Well, technically, *I* win (a bet I made), but still, you win this challenge.


I tried these today and struggled to find enough cushioning to keep the barbell from crushing my pubic bone...

...so I'm impressed that you can handle that much weight there. Maybe it's just from practice.

jstarz002

Can we get back to the fact that the OP BB hip thrusts (allegedly) 195lb but seems to struggle with deadlifting 135lb. Seems a little *kitten* about face to me.

Also, the deadlift vid was from a few months ago.

I hip thrusted today at 200 lbs for 2 sets of 5 reps

How tall are you?

Barely 5ft and bulked up now to 98 lbs

Ahh. If you can BB thrust 200lbs, I'm assuming the small stature gives you a greater leverage advantage.

I'm still going to need a video to believe this.

What's so hard to believe about this? Just because you wrote that I went to the gym today and recorded myself JUST FOR YOU. Because you don't believe it. Do you feel special now? Seriously, what is so hard to believe about that? I have seen girls my size (around 5ft ish or maybe an inch or two taller) and around 100 lbs deadlifting 225 lbs.... What is so hard to believe about someone my size hip thrusting 200 lbs? It's not THAT heavy or preposterous that it would be "impossible"... actually very doable and any average person who trains regularly would be able to do it if they focused on it.

Oh and for you not believing me being able to hip thrust 200 lbs... I did it today again... 1 set at 135 lbs... which honestly feels light like air now after doing 200 lbs... and 2 sets at 200 lbs... 3rd/last set is the cleanest at 200 lbs.... 1 45 lb plate, 3 10 lbs plates and 1 2.5 lb plate on each side; I ain't frauding. And yes; I am 98 lbs. Eventually I will hit 225 lbs; it's not that far off...

I also made a video of the plates on the bar to prove that it was 200 lbs because you cannot see all the plates from the side; however the recorder would not let me tape normal and then switch to the front facing camera to record my sets... once I started using the regular camera for awhile the button to change over to the front facing one would fade away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEM5_edC8yE

:laugh:

You win.

Well, technically, *I* win (a bet I made), but still, you win this challenge.


I tried these today and struggled to find enough cushioning to keep the barbell from crushing my pubic bone...

...so I'm impressed that you can handle that much weight there. Maybe it's just from practice.

How much weight did you use?

I do use a pad when hip thrusting; same pad folks when squatting.... btw; I DONT use a pad when I squat; that's wussy.

Yes; bb hip thrust will make that area sore when you first do them... you get used to it but it still gets sore when I move up in weight. When I first did 195 lbs I got bruises but now that area has toughen up and I can handle it easier. I am sure I will get bruised up/sore a bit when I move up a lot in weight but you get used to it....

If you toughen up and do them without the pad it will hurt a lot at first but eventually you get used to it too. Bret does 495 lbs with no padding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTKzJ7IqYTQ

Getting stronger is about being uncomfortable for me. The first time I squatted with no pad it hurt for the first week and a half and after that my back toughened up and now it never hurts again.

There is going to be some discomfort when squatting/deadlifting/hip thrusting heavy.

That's why I love using no pad when squatting and no gloves. Makes me feel superior when I see weak guys having to use a pad in the smith machine while gloves to protect his soft hands.

But yes; I have gotten bruised up quite a bit and marks and such from hip thrusting but I'm not a wussy. It's only a small minimal price to pay for larger glutes and a very minimal price for aesthetics. I would endure much more than soreness and bruises for my dream glutes...

I felt nothing today when doing them btw; no soreness in that area at all. I got used to the bar at that weight. I only bruise up when it's my first time moving up in weight etc like the first time or two I did 135. Now it feels like air.

mayaocean

Would rep you IRL.

Ely82010

"That's why I love using no pad when squatting and no gloves. Makes me feel superior when I see weak guys having to use a pad in the smith machine while gloves to protect his soft hands. "


Superior.....? Oh brother!

Hauntinglyfit

That's why I love using no pad when squatting and no gloves. Makes me feel superior when I see weak guys having to use a pad in the smith machine while gloves to protect his soft hands.

Meh, i'll stick to wearing gloves. Having soft hands beats being a show off at the gym.

SkimFlatWhite68

I've been doing squats for about 9 months. Added cable pull throughs a month ago to zone in on my glutes and boy oh boy can I feel it working.

I think that there are a number of good exercises for glutes, for the majority of people starting out or doing a standard weights routine, squats would cover it. TECHNIQUE is often the missing link.

jstarz002

That's why I love using no pad when squatting and no gloves. Makes me feel superior when I see weak guys having to use a pad in the smith machine while gloves to protect his soft hands.

Meh, i'll stick to wearing gloves. Having soft hands beats being a show off at the gym.

I don't care about having soft hands; I take pride in callused hands. It shows toughness in my opinion. Of course it's not necessary; I just don't like using gloves.

Also, the majority of people at the gym have no need for gloves. The only exercise that I could imagine you may need gloves for are heavy deadlifts.

Are guys serious when they need gloves to do curls with 30 lbs and tricep push downs on the cable machines? Gloves for that? Come on.

Also, there is no reason whatsoever why someone would need gloves to squat... that to me is just laughable? People can't hold the bar with their bare hands?

Sarauk2sf

Oh lawdy. Not using a pad when you squat has nothing to do with being a 'wussy' or not and everything to do with form. /smh

jstarz002

I've been doing squats for about 9 months. Added cable pull throughs a month ago to zone in on my glutes and boy oh boy can I feel it working.

I think that there are a number of good exercises for glutes, for the majority of people starting out or doing a standard weights routine, squats would cover it. TECHNIQUE is often the missing link.

Yes; I agree. My priority is not a "standard weight routine". My priority is DAT *kitten*. I want my *kitten* as BIG AS POSSIBLE. I train for AESTHETICS. DAT *kitten* is the #1 focus for my routine and everything I do.

Hauntinglyfit

That's why I love using no pad when squatting and no gloves. Makes me feel superior when I see weak guys having to use a pad in the smith machine while gloves to protect his soft hands.

Meh, i'll stick to wearing gloves. Having soft hands beats being a show off at the gym.

I don't care about having soft hands; I take pride in callused hands. It shows toughness in my opinion. Of course it's not necessary; I just don't like using gloves.

Also, the majority of people at the gym have no need for gloves. The only exercise that I could imagine you may need gloves for are heavy deadlifts.

Are guys serious when they need gloves to do curls with 30 lbs and tricep push downs on the cable machines? Gloves for that? Come on.

Need? No. I don't care that they're wearing them though.

And yes. I use mine for deadlifts. I am a very delicate flower.

jstarz002

Oh lawdy. Not using a pad when you squat has nothing to do with being a 'wussy' or not and everything to do with form. /smh

Aware but for most people they will still be sore in their back the first time they do it even WITH proper form because they are not used to having a bar on their back. However they are too wimpy to suck it up and get used to it and resort to using a pad etc.

Sarauk2sf

Oh lawdy. Not using a pad when you squat has nothing to do with being a 'wussy' or not and everything to do with form. /smh

Aware but for most people they will still be sore in their back the first time they do it even WITH proper form because they are not used to having a bar on their back. However they are too wimpy to suck it up and get used to it and resort to using a pad etc.

Maybe if you mentioned why a pad is not a good idea rather than some macho bs, then people would actually get something out of your posts.

Have you ever thought that they do not know not to use it, rather than them just being wimpy?

jstarz002

That's why I love using no pad when squatting and no gloves. Makes me feel superior when I see weak guys having to use a pad in the smith machine while gloves to protect his soft hands.

Meh, i'll stick to wearing gloves. Having soft hands beats being a show off at the gym.

I don't care about having soft hands; I take pride in callused hands. It shows toughness in my opinion. Of course it's not necessary; I just don't like using gloves.

Also, the majority of people at the gym have no need for gloves. The only exercise that I could imagine you may need gloves for are heavy deadlifts.

Are guys serious when they need gloves to do curls with 30 lbs and tricep push downs on the cable machines? Gloves for that? Come on.

Need? No. I don't care that they're wearing them though.

And yes. I use mine for deadlifts. I am a very delicate flower.

I don't consider myself delicate in any way. I may be under 100 lbs but I like to consider myself tougher than most men at my gym and I like to scare most of then men at my gym by being badass, dropping/slamming weights around and wearing no gloves.

jstarz002

Oh lawdy. Not using a pad when you squat has nothing to do with being a 'wussy' or not and everything to do with form. /smh

Aware but for most people they will still be sore in their back the first time they do it even WITH proper form because they are not used to having a bar on their back. However they are too wimpy to suck it up and get used to it and resort to using a pad etc.

Maybe if you mentioned why a pad is not a good idea rather than some macho bs, then people would actually get something out of your posts.

Have you ever thought that they do not know not to use it, rather than them just being wimpy?

It's not my job to educate people. It's so much more fun by being macho and calling people wimps etc.

Yes; using good form (proper bar placement) and squeezing your shoulder blades to create a shelf helps.

I am not here to educate people though.

Sarauk2sf

Oh lawdy. Not using a pad when you squat has nothing to do with being a 'wussy' or not and everything to do with form. /smh

Aware but for most people they will still be sore in their back the first time they do it even WITH proper form because they are not used to having a bar on their back. However they are too wimpy to suck it up and get used to it and resort to using a pad etc.

Maybe if you mentioned why a pad is not a good idea rather than some macho bs, then people would actually get something out of your posts.

Have you ever thought that they do not know not to use it, rather than them just being wimpy?

It's not my job to educate people. It's so much more fun by being macho and calling people wimps etc.

Yes; using good form (proper bar placement) and squeezing your shoulder blades to create a shelf helps.

I am not here to educate people though.

LOL - but you made this thread. Why? Your logic escapes me.

jstarz002

Oh lawdy. Not using a pad when you squat has nothing to do with being a 'wussy' or not and everything to do with form. /smh

Aware but for most people they will still be sore in their back the first time they do it even WITH proper form because they are not used to having a bar on their back. However they are too wimpy to suck it up and get used to it and resort to using a pad etc.

Maybe if you mentioned why a pad is not a good idea rather than some macho bs, then people would actually get something out of your posts.

Have you ever thought that they do not know not to use it, rather than them just being wimpy?

Nah I think they do know how to use it..... majority are guys... also i have seen many GUYS writing on bodybuilding.com that they prefer using a pad... even though they know about form etc... they were asking of others "judged" them on it..... which i btw DO. I think many guys are aware of proper form but still like to use the pad cause it's easier.

Sarauk2sf

It's a shame really...and rather sad.

whierd

Using a pad creates a bit of a slip/roll hazard, which is why I don't use one. However, i did until my traps could take the weight I was squatting.

Sarauk2sf

Oh lawdy. Not using a pad when you squat has nothing to do with being a 'wussy' or not and everything to do with form. /smh

Aware but for most people they will still be sore in their back the first time they do it even WITH proper form because they are not used to having a bar on their back. However they are too wimpy to suck it up and get used to it and resort to using a pad etc.

Maybe if you mentioned why a pad is not a good idea rather than some macho bs, then people would actually get something out of your posts.

Have you ever thought that they do not know not to use it, rather than them just being wimpy?

Nah I think they do know how to use it..... majority are guys... also i have seen many GUYS writing on bodybuilding.com that they prefer using a pad... even though they know about form etc... they were asking of others "judged" them on it..... which i btw DO. I think many guys are aware of proper form but still like to use the pad cause it's easier.

Which answer are you going with? Your first one or the one immediately after it?

jstarz002

Oh lawdy. Not using a pad when you squat has nothing to do with being a 'wussy' or not and everything to do with form. /smh

Aware but for most people they will still be sore in their back the first time they do it even WITH proper form because they are not used to having a bar on their back. However they are too wimpy to suck it up and get used to it and resort to using a pad etc.

Maybe if you mentioned why a pad is not a good idea rather than some macho bs, then people would actually get something out of your posts.

Have you ever thought that they do not know not to use it, rather than them just being wimpy?

It's not my job to educate people. It's so much more fun by being macho and calling people wimps etc.

Yes; using good form (proper bar placement) and squeezing your shoulder blades to create a shelf helps.

I am not here to educate people though.

LOL - but you made this thread. Why? Your logic escapes me.

To prove others wrong; that squats are not #1 for dat *kitten*. It was to prove a point and to debate/argue. Not done on purpose to educate people although that was a side effect.

Hauntinglyfit

That's why I love using no pad when squatting and no gloves. Makes me feel superior when I see weak guys having to use a pad in the smith machine while gloves to protect his soft hands.

Meh, i'll stick to wearing gloves. Having soft hands beats being a show off at the gym.

I don't care about having soft hands; I take pride in callused hands. It shows toughness in my opinion. Of course it's not necessary; I just don't like using gloves.

Also, the majority of people at the gym have no need for gloves. The only exercise that I could imagine you may need gloves for are heavy deadlifts.

Are guys serious when they need gloves to do curls with 30 lbs and tricep push downs on the cable machines? Gloves for that? Come on.

Need? No. I don't care that they're wearing them though.

And yes. I use mine for deadlifts. I am a very delicate flower.

I don't consider myself delicate in any way. I may be under 100 lbs but I like to consider myself tougher than most men at my gym and I like to scare most of then men at my gym by being badass, dropping/slamming weights around and wearing no gloves.

Oh I see.
Well, we can't all be delicate flowers and baddases in the gym at the same time.

I really am something special.:flowerforyou:

jstarz002

Oh lawdy. Not using a pad when you squat has nothing to do with being a 'wussy' or not and everything to do with form. /smh

Aware but for most people they will still be sore in their back the first time they do it even WITH proper form because they are not used to having a bar on their back. However they are too wimpy to suck it up and get used to it and resort to using a pad etc.

Maybe if you mentioned why a pad is not a good idea rather than some macho bs, then people would actually get something out of your posts.

Have you ever thought that they do not know not to use it, rather than them just being wimpy?

Nah I think they do know how to use it..... majority are guys... also i have seen many GUYS writing on bodybuilding.com that they prefer using a pad... even though they know about form etc... they were asking of others "judged" them on it..... which i btw DO. I think many guys are aware of proper form but still like to use the pad cause it's easier.

Which answer are you going with? Your first one or the one immediately after it?

Wimps... Espec if they are using gloves at the same time.

It's the most unmasculine and unsexiest thing ever to see a guy squat with a pad and gloves. Turns me off. I am not trolling but totally serious. I cannot respect a guy that has a lower pain tolerance than me and I'm a petite female.

whierd

Oh lawdy. Not using a pad when you squat has nothing to do with being a 'wussy' or not and everything to do with form. /smh

Aware but for most people they will still be sore in their back the first time they do it even WITH proper form because they are not used to having a bar on their back. However they are too wimpy to suck it up and get used to it and resort to using a pad etc.

Maybe if you mentioned why a pad is not a good idea rather than some macho bs, then people would actually get something out of your posts.

Have you ever thought that they do not know not to use it, rather than them just being wimpy?

Nah I think they do know how to use it..... majority are guys... also i have seen many GUYS writing on bodybuilding.com that they prefer using a pad... even though they know about form etc... they were asking of others "judged" them on it..... which i btw DO. I think many guys are aware of proper form but still like to use the pad cause it's easier.

Which answer are you going with? Your first one or the one immediately after it?

Wimps... Espec if they are using gloves at the same time.

It's the most unmasculine and unsexiest thing ever to see a guy squat with a pad and gloves. Turns me off. I am not trolling but totally serious. I cannot respect a guy that has a lower pain tolerance than me and I'm a petite female.

Uh...ok? I use neither, but those guys aren't in the gym to impress you, darlin'. They are there to improve themselves. Back in HS when I DID use gloves while lifting, it wasn't to protect my hands, it was because it made me feel badass. Nothing more.

Sarauk2sf

Wowsa!.


If anyone is actually interested, check out Contreras' site, youtube vids and books - he does have solid info (just in case the messenger put anyone off) and yes, BB Hip Thrusts are excellent for a more isolated glute development.

Sarauk2sf

Oh lawdy. Not using a pad when you squat has nothing to do with being a 'wussy' or not and everything to do with form. /smh

Aware but for most people they will still be sore in their back the first time they do it even WITH proper form because they are not used to having a bar on their back. However they are too wimpy to suck it up and get used to it and resort to using a pad etc.

Maybe if you mentioned why a pad is not a good idea rather than some macho bs, then people would actually get something out of your posts.

Have you ever thought that they do not know not to use it, rather than them just being wimpy?

Nah I think they do know how to use it..... majority are guys... also i have seen many GUYS writing on bodybuilding.com that they prefer using a pad... even though they know about form etc... they were asking of others "judged" them on it..... which i btw DO. I think many guys are aware of proper form but still like to use the pad cause it's easier.

Which answer are you going with? Your first one or the one immediately after it?

Wimps... Espec if they are using gloves at the same time.

It's the most unmasculine and unsexiest thing ever to see a guy squat with a pad and gloves. Turns me off. I am not trolling but totally serious. I cannot respect a guy that has a lower pain tolerance than me and I'm a petite female.

So, they all do know the disadvantage of using a pad now? Bit of an assumption imo, but you go with want you need to go with.

whierd

Wowsa!.


If anyone is actually interested, check out Contreras' site, youtube vids and books - he does have solid info (just in case the messenger put anyone off) and yes, BB Hip Thrusts are excellent for a more isolated glute development.

How do you correct having one glute that is larger than the other?

Ophidion

Oh lawdy. Not using a pad when you squat has nothing to do with being a 'wussy' or not and everything to do with form. /smh

Aware but for most people they will still be sore in their back the first time they do it even WITH proper form because they are not used to having a bar on their back. However they are too wimpy to suck it up and get used to it and resort to using a pad etc.

Maybe if you mentioned why a pad is not a good idea rather than some macho bs, then people would actually get something out of your posts.

Have you ever thought that they do not know not to use it, rather than them just being wimpy?

Nah I think they do know how to use it..... majority are guys... also i have seen many GUYS writing on bodybuilding.com that they prefer using a pad... even though they know about form etc... they were asking of others "judged" them on it..... which i btw DO. I think many guys are aware of proper form but still like to use the pad cause it's easier.

Which answer are you going with? Your first one or the one immediately after it?

Wimps... Espec if they are using gloves at the same time.

It's the most unmasculine and unsexiest thing ever to see a guy squat with a pad and gloves. Turns me off. I am not trolling but totally serious. I cannot respect a guy that has a lower pain tolerance than me and I'm a petite female.

Sounds like you roll your own tampons and can kick start a vibrator...and your vag may have teeth.

I find posturing unsexy

Sarauk2sf

Wowsa!.


If anyone is actually interested, check out Contreras' site, youtube vids and books - he does have solid info (just in case the messenger put anyone off) and yes, BB Hip Thrusts are excellent for a more isolated glute development.

How do you correct having one glute that is larger than the other?

You could probably try doing single leg exercises such as split squats and glute bridges and add a few reps onto the side where you are underdeveloped.

whierd

Jstarz, why is it that you have something to prove? Or are you just trolling?