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Glutes

Glutes Exercises

Target your glutes with these exercises.

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Lying Glute

Lie on your back with your partner kneeling beside you.

Glutes
Abductors
Advanced

Lying Machine Squat

Adjust the leg machine to a height that will allow you to get inside it with your knees bent and the thighs slightly below parallel.

Quadriceps
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

Muscle Snatch

Begin with a loaded barbell held at the mid thigh position with a wide grip. The feet should be directly below the hips, with the feet turned out as needed. Lower the hips, with the chest up and the head looking forward. The shoulders should be just in front of the bar. This will be the starting position.

Hamstrings
Glutes
Lower Back
Intermediate

Narrow Stance Hack Squats

Place the back of your torso against the back pad of the machine and hook your shoulders under the shoulder pads provided.

Quadriceps
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

Narrow Stance Leg Press

Using a leg press machine, sit down on the machine and place your legs on the platform directly in front of you at a less-than-shoulder-width narrow stance with the toes slightly pointed out. Your feet should be around 3 inches or less apart. Tip: Keep your head up at all times and also maintain the back on the pad at all times.

Quadriceps
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

Narrow Stance Squats

This exercise is best performed inside a squat rack for safety purposes. To begin, first set the bar on a rack that best matches your height. Once the correct height is chosen and the bar is loaded, step under the bar and place the back of your shoulders (slightly below the neck) across it.

Quadriceps
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

Natural Glute Ham Raise

Using the leg pad of a lat pulldown machine or a preacher bench, position yourself so that your ankles are under the pads, knees on the seat, and you are facing away from the machine. You should be upright and maintaining good posture.

Hamstrings
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

Olympic Squat

Begin with a barbell supported on top of the traps. The chest should be up, and the head facing forward. Adopt a hip width stance with the feet turned out as needed.

Quadriceps
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

One-Arm Kettlebell Clean

Place a kettlebell between your feet. As you bend down to grab the kettlebell, push your butt back and keep your eyes looking forward.

Hamstrings
Glutes
Lower Back
Intermediate

One-Arm Kettlebell Snatch

Place a kettlebell between your feet. Bend your knees and push your butt back to get in the proper starting position.

Shoulders
Calves
Glutes
Advanced

One-Arm Kettlebell Split Jerk

Hold a kettlebell by the handle. Clean the kettlebell to your shoulder by extending through the legs and hips as you pull the kettlebell towards your shoulder. Rotate your wrist as you do so, so that the palm faces forward. This will be your starting position.

Shoulders
Glutes
Hamstrings
Intermediate

One-Arm Kettlebell Swings

One-Arm Kettlebell Swings targeting Hamstrings.

Hamstrings
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

One-Arm Open Palm Kettlebell Clean

Place one kettlebell between your feet.

Hamstrings
Forearms
Glutes
Intermediate

One-Arm Overhead Kettlebell Squats

Clean and press a kettlebell with one arm. Clean the kettlebell to your shoulder by extending through the legs and hips as you pull the kettlebell towards your shoulder. Rotate your wrist as you do so. Press the weight overhead by extending through the elbow.This will be your starting position.

Quadriceps
Calves
Glutes
Advanced

One-Arm Side Deadlift

Stand to the side of a barbell next to its center. Bend your knees and lower your body until you are able to reach the barbell.

Quadriceps
Core
Calves
Advanced

One Knee To Chest

Start off by lying on the floor.

Glutes
Hamstrings
Lower Back
Beginner

One Leg Barbell Squat

Start by standing about 2 to 3 feet in front of a flat bench with your back facing the bench. Have a barbell in front of you on the floor. Tip: Your feet should be shoulder width apart from each other.

Quadriceps
Calves
Glutes
Advanced

One-Legged Cable Kickback

Hook a leather ankle cuff to a low cable pulley and then attach the cuff to your ankle.

Glutes
Hamstrings
Intermediate

Open Palm Kettlebell Clean

Place one kettlebell between your feet. Clean the kettlebell by extending through the legs and hips as you raise the kettlebell towards your shoulders.

Hamstrings
Glutes
Lower Back
Advanced

Overhead Squat

Start out by having a barbell in front of you on the floor. Your feet should be wider than shoulder width apart from each other.

Quadriceps
Core
Calves
Advanced

Physioball Hip Bridge

Lay on a ball so that your upper back is on the ball with your hips unsupported. Both feet should be flat on the floor, hip width apart or wider. This will be your starting position.

Glutes
Hamstrings
Beginner

Piriformis-SMR

Sit with your buttocks on top of a foam roll. Bend your knees, and then cross one leg so that the ankle is over the knee. This will be your starting position.

Glutes
Intermediate

Platform Hamstring Slides

For this movement a wooden floor or similar is needed. Lay on your back with your legs extended. Place a gym towel or a light weight underneath your heel. This will be your starting position.

Hamstrings
Glutes
Beginner

Plie Dumbbell Squat

Hold a dumbbell at the base with both hands and stand straight up. Move your legs so that they are wider than shoulder width apart from each other with your knees slightly bent.

Quadriceps
Core
Calves
Beginner

Power Clean

Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart and toes pointing out slightly.

Hamstrings
Calves
Forearms
Intermediate

Power Jerk

Standing with the weight racked on the front of the shoulders, begin with the dip. With your feet directly under your hips, flex the knees without moving the hips backward. Go down only slightly, and reverse direction as powerfully as possible.

Quadriceps
Core
Calves
Advanced

Power Snatch

Begin with a loaded barbell on the floor. The bar should be close to or touching the shins, and a wide grip should be taken on the bar. The feet should be directly below the hips, with the feet turned out as needed. Lower the hips, with the chest up and the head looking forward. The shoulders should be just in front of the bar. This will be the starting position.

Hamstrings
Calves
Glutes
Advanced

Power Snatch from Blocks

Begin with a loaded barbell on boxes or stands of the desired height. A wide grip should be taken on the bar. The feet should be directly below the hips, with the feet turned out as needed. Lower the hips, with the chest up and the head looking forward. The shoulders should be just in front of the bar, with the elbows pointed out. This will be the starting position.

Quadriceps
Calves
Forearms
Intermediate

Power Stairs

In the power stairs, implements are moved up a staircase. For training purposes, these can be performed with a tire or box.

Hamstrings
Adductors
Calves
Intermediate

Prowler Sprint

Place your sled on an appropriate surface, loaded to a suitable weight. The sled should provide enough resistance to require effort, but not so heavy that you are significantly slowed down.

Hamstrings
Calves
Chest
Beginner