W2 / DAY 3: GLUTES

W2 / DAY 3: GLUTES

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W2 / DAY 3: GLUTES
  • BARBELL RDLS 4X10

    Engage your core, hinge at the hips as you lower the bar, keeping your spine neutral . then drive your hips forward and use your hamstrings to power back to standing position.

    Weight Recommendations:
    Beginner: Try just the bar first or dumbbells
    
Intermediate: 10-35lb plates on each side of the ...

  • HIP THRUSTS 4X10

    Use a barbell. Support upper back on a bench/ thrust machine, press through your heels to drive your glutes up to a tabletop position, then slowly return back down.

    Weight Recommendations:
    Beginner: Try just the bar first or dumbbells
    
Intermediate: 15-35lb plates on each side of the barbell
    
A...

  • CURTSY LUNGE 4X10

    Start standing with weights in hand. Step back into a reverse lunge but step slightly diagonal. Stand back to starting position & keep repeating on one leg or do them alternating! 10 per leg!

    Weight Recommendation:
    Beginner: 10-15lbs
Intermediate: 20-35lbs
    Advanced: 40-60+lbs

    Modification: do ...

  • SUPERSET 4X (12 SINGLE LEG PRESS RIGHT + LEFT SIDE)

    Sit into the leg press machine, keep the working foot in regular position and slightly lower the "kickstand" leg for balance. Perform all on one side, then move straight into the other side. Engage your core, slowly drop into a squat, keeping your core engaged & push through your heels. Make sure...

  • SUPERSET 4X (LATERAL STEP-UPS ON RIGHT + LEFT SIDE)

    Stand parallel to the bench/box. The leg closest to the bench/box will be the one you are working! Hold dumbbells in your hands, step one foot on the box or bench and press through your heel to step up, slowly step back down and repeat - you can do all on one side or switch back and forth between...

  • KB SWINGS (3X15)

    Stand a little wider than shoulder-width stance with a kettlebell in front of you. Drop your chest, hinge your hips back, and drive the weight forward in front of your chest. Squeeze through your hamstrings and glutes and return to drop the weight below your body on the way down.

    Weight Recommen...

  • GLUTE BRIDGE PULSES (3X20)

    Lay on the floor with your knees bent. Place a heavy weight on your hips (you can use a pad or folded towel/shirt to protect your hip bones if needed!) Engage your core, squeeze your glutes and lift your hips up toward the ceiling & perform pulses for 20 reps. (These are basically 1/2 reps)

    Weig...