Practical applications for barbell hip thrusts?
Pittleydink
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Can someone show me some applications for this exercise in life outside the weight room?
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In your world are there many thanks you can engage in without somehow utilizing your glutes/hips?0
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MrPicklesworth wrote: »
Have you ever actually tested them? Strong Curves had a few exercises to see how strong your glutes are. You may think they are working but other muscles end up compensating which can lead to injuries or pain, including back pain. People who sit for a long period of time for work often have weak glutes.0 -
MrPicklesworth wrote: »
Your constant forum.....I think I'm not allowed to use the T word is just a weak on this account as your previous one.
Do your pecs and shoulders work adequately without having done pushups? How about your quads before you did your first squat? Yes, they worked before? Then case closed, you never need lift again. Please inform the person with the gun that's forcing you to consider doing hip thrusts that his services are no longer needed.0 -
3dogsrunning wrote: »MrPicklesworth wrote: »
Have you ever actually tested them? Strong Curves had a few exercises to see how strong your glutes are. You may think they are working but other muscles end up compensating which can lead to injuries or pain, including back pain. People who sit for a long period of time for work often have weak glutes.
No I haven't tested them. I have had back pain in the past, though not much since I began exercising regularly. I do feel sometimes that my hips are out of alignment but am not sure how to verify this. What kinds of tests do you recommend?
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I looked up 'strong curves' and it seems to be designed primarily for women to build a 'better butt.'
Are these kinds of exercises primarily for improving physical appearance? I have no interest in my butt getting bigger, however I would do this exercise, despite the embarrassment of performing it, if it will help prevent injuries and create more balance throughout my body strength wise.0 -
Your glutes are a part of your core. Strong Curves helps women and men get a stronger core. Brett Contreras "The Glute Guy" wrote strong curves with a focus on the butt. Other trainers are incorporating his ideas into their workout plans. Not everyone wants a flat weak-azz butt. And a nice round butt looks good on men and women.0
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Hip thrusts are great accessories to deadlifts and squats, which, I'm sure you know, are great compound exercises.
http://bretcontreras.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-hip-thrust/
https://www.t-nation.com/training/bigger-better-glutes0 -
MrPicklesworth wrote: »I looked up 'strong curves' and it seems to be designed primarily for women to build a 'better butt.'
Are these kinds of exercises primarily for improving physical appearance? I have no interest in my butt getting bigger, however I would do this exercise, despite the embarrassment of performing it, if it will help prevent injuries and create more balance throughout my body strength wise.
Not sure if you have something similar, but I suffer from sacroiliac joint instability (my sacrum/pelvis joint is too mobile and I have to realign it when it shifts out of place). It gives me lower back pain and sciatica-like symptoms when misaligned. I've found the best way to realign it is in a doorway, like (E) in the following picture. Put your foot up as high as you can on one side of the doorway and push, bracing your back and pelvis against the other side of the doorway. If my hips are out of alignment, I hear and feel a satisfying click.
from http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=50535
That being said, any exercise for the muscles around the hips are supposed to help stabilize the area, so I do them (but also for the 'better butt'). I have the luxury of being able to do my hip thrusts at home where no one has to look at me. I'd still say they're worthwhile at the gym, just avoid eye contact.0 -
Your glutes are a part of your core. Strong Curves helps women and men get a stronger core. Brett Contreras "The Glute Guy" wrote strong curves with a focus on the butt. Other trainers are incorporating his ideas into their workout plans. Not everyone wants a flat weak-azz butt. And a nice round butt looks good on men and women.
I feel like my butt is round, but kind of small. When I'm doing planks or pushups and I look over in the mirror and I have a little perky round butt. I will take a picture of it sometime.
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MrPicklesworth wrote: »I looked up 'strong curves' and it seems to be designed primarily for women to build a 'better butt.'
Are these kinds of exercises primarily for improving physical appearance? I have no interest in my butt getting bigger, however I would do this exercise, despite the embarrassment of performing it, if it will help prevent injuries and create more balance throughout my body strength wise.
Not sure if you have something similar, but I suffer from sacroiliac joint instability (my sacrum/pelvis joint is too mobile and I have to realign it when it shifts out of place). It gives me lower back pain and sciatica-like symptoms when misaligned. I've found the best way to realign it is in a doorway, like (E) in the following picture. Put your foot up as high as you can on one side of the doorway and push, bracing your back and pelvis against the other side of the doorway. If my hips are out of alignment, I hear and feel a satisfying click.
from http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=50535
That being said, any exercise for the muscles around the hips are supposed to help stabilize the area, so I do them (but also for the 'better butt'). I have the luxury of being able to do my hip thrusts at home where no one has to look at me. I'd still say they're worthwhile at the gym, just avoid eye contact.
Thanks for the tip I'll try those maneuvers.
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I just wanted to say that I'm disappointed by every single response in this thread.0
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MrPicklesworth wrote: »I looked up 'strong curves' and it seems to be designed primarily for women to build a 'better butt.'
Are these kinds of exercises primarily for improving physical appearance? I have no interest in my butt getting bigger, however I would do this exercise, despite the embarrassment of performing it, if it will help prevent injuries and create more balance throughout my body strength wise.
Yes, that is part of what the program is. But, if you read the stuff, it is more than that. The author goes into great detail about the role of the glutes, and, as I mentioned, talks about exercises which can help identify weaknesses, which is why I brought it up.Your glutes are a part of your core. Strong Curves helps women and men get a stronger core. Brett Contreras "The Glute Guy" wrote strong curves with a focus on the butt. Other trainers are incorporating his ideas into their workout plans. Not everyone wants a flat weak-azz butt. And a nice round butt looks good on men and women.
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3dogsrunning wrote: »MrPicklesworth wrote: »I looked up 'strong curves' and it seems to be designed primarily for women to build a 'better butt.'
Are these kinds of exercises primarily for improving physical appearance? I have no interest in my butt getting bigger, however I would do this exercise, despite the embarrassment of performing it, if it will help prevent injuries and create more balance throughout my body strength wise.
Yes, that is part of what the program is. But, if you read the stuff, it is more than that. The author goes into great detail about the role of the glutes, and, as I mentioned, talks about exercises which can help identify weaknesses, which is why I brought it up.
I don't really want to buy the book, could someone just tell me the tests to do to identify if I have weak glutes or not?
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Gives yer man something to grab with his hands, of course.0
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MrPicklesworth wrote: »3dogsrunning wrote: »MrPicklesworth wrote: »I looked up 'strong curves' and it seems to be designed primarily for women to build a 'better butt.'
Are these kinds of exercises primarily for improving physical appearance? I have no interest in my butt getting bigger, however I would do this exercise, despite the embarrassment of performing it, if it will help prevent injuries and create more balance throughout my body strength wise.
Yes, that is part of what the program is. But, if you read the stuff, it is more than that. The author goes into great detail about the role of the glutes, and, as I mentioned, talks about exercises which can help identify weaknesses, which is why I brought it up.
I don't really want to buy the book, could someone just tell me the tests to do to identify if I have weak glutes or not?
Oh Picklesworth, why u no google?0 -
flyingtanuki wrote: »I found that they lengthened my stride, increasing my speed.
I used to cave to one side during barbell squats; this has been corrected and my top weight has increased.
Also, I can stand on one leg now, useful for tai chi.
Squats eh? I have noticed that sometimes when I do squats I tend towards putting my right foot further back than my left to feel stable, what does this mean?
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flyingtanuki wrote: »MrPicklesworth wrote: »3dogsrunning wrote: »MrPicklesworth wrote: »I looked up 'strong curves' and it seems to be designed primarily for women to build a 'better butt.'
Are these kinds of exercises primarily for improving physical appearance? I have no interest in my butt getting bigger, however I would do this exercise, despite the embarrassment of performing it, if it will help prevent injuries and create more balance throughout my body strength wise.
Yes, that is part of what the program is. But, if you read the stuff, it is more than that. The author goes into great detail about the role of the glutes, and, as I mentioned, talks about exercises which can help identify weaknesses, which is why I brought it up.
I don't really want to buy the book, could someone just tell me the tests to do to identify if I have weak glutes or not?
Should show up in squats, broad jumps. I had an instructor recognize it during a bootcamp class.
What specifically did your instructor see?
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MrPicklesworth wrote: »3dogsrunning wrote: »MrPicklesworth wrote: »I looked up 'strong curves' and it seems to be designed primarily for women to build a 'better butt.'
Are these kinds of exercises primarily for improving physical appearance? I have no interest in my butt getting bigger, however I would do this exercise, despite the embarrassment of performing it, if it will help prevent injuries and create more balance throughout my body strength wise.
Yes, that is part of what the program is. But, if you read the stuff, it is more than that. The author goes into great detail about the role of the glutes, and, as I mentioned, talks about exercises which can help identify weaknesses, which is why I brought it up.
I don't really want to buy the book, could someone just tell me the tests to do to identify if I have weak glutes or not?
Oh Picklesworth, why u no google?
I did google it but couldn't see the tests that the lady mentioned. I just wanted her to tell me them rather than buy a book to learn them.
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The Time Warp.
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MrPicklesworth wrote: »MrPicklesworth wrote: »3dogsrunning wrote: »MrPicklesworth wrote: »I looked up 'strong curves' and it seems to be designed primarily for women to build a 'better butt.'
Are these kinds of exercises primarily for improving physical appearance? I have no interest in my butt getting bigger, however I would do this exercise, despite the embarrassment of performing it, if it will help prevent injuries and create more balance throughout my body strength wise.
Yes, that is part of what the program is. But, if you read the stuff, it is more than that. The author goes into great detail about the role of the glutes, and, as I mentioned, talks about exercises which can help identify weaknesses, which is why I brought it up.
I don't really want to buy the book, could someone just tell me the tests to do to identify if I have weak glutes or not?
Oh Picklesworth, why u no google?
I did google it but couldn't see the tests that the lady mentioned. I just wanted her to tell me them rather than buy a book to learn them.
Then I would have to go back through the book and find them.
When I google I see a bunch of articles with a number of different ways to assess glute strength including one by the author of Strong Curves.0
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