andylllI wrote: »

If you look at Bret Contreras' program he has you hitting glutes 3x a week via at least two main lifts. One of those is knee dominant like a squat or step up and the other hip dominant like a deadlift or hyper extension.

If I were you, and this is what I did when I was doing starting strength I would do hip thrusts every workout changing around reps. Like one workout a week I would do heavy weight low volume, another I would do in rep ranges of 8-12 and the third workout I would do SL hip thrusts for reps around 16. Then I would do the burn out type exercises like bands for abductors and the kicks at the end of every workout OR at the beginning as a glute activator.

The step ups are pretty glute dominant while lunges tend to be more quad. So I would do step ups on deadlift day to really kill my glutes. If you do deficit reverse lunges they get the glutes more than lunges from the floor or spilt squats do.

In summery: one glute bridge or hip thrust variation each workout. One other glute exercise each workout and I'd probably alternate step ups and reverse deficit lunges personally. Banded abductions and other kickbacks and stuff at the beginning to activate the glutes before squatting.

Be prepared for your accessories to interfere with adding weight to your squat. SL assumes no accessories.

This is just my opinion and I am not a trainer.