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Mobility Β· Lower body

Glute bridge

Difficulty Hinges and pulls

How to perform it

Lying on your back, knees bent, feet on the floor close to your glutes; drive the hips up by squeezing the glutes, brief pause at the top, lower under control. Activates glute max – a mandatory warm-up before hinging/squatting. Differs from the single-leg bridge by being bilateral (the easier variant).

Video demo

Equipment

No equipment (bodyweight)

Muscles worked

Muscles and artwork credits
  • Biceps femoris
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus

Artwork: Ryan Graves, CC BY 4.0, modified

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