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Single Leg Glute Bridge

Single Leg Glute Bridge is a beginner strength exercise using body only. It works the glutes, with help from the hamstrings.

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Main muscles
glutes
Also works
hamstrings

How to do it

  1. Lay on the floor with your feet flat and knees bent.
  2. Raise one leg off of the ground, pulling the knee to your chest. This will be your starting position.
  3. Execute the movement by driving through the heel, extending your hip upward and raising your glutes off of the ground.
  4. Extend as far as possible, pause and then return to the starting position.

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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).

Single Leg Glute Bridge: muscles worked and how to do it | Hominin