The focus on glutes used to simply be about building a bigger booty, but things have moved on from this. We have three glute muscles (the gluteus maximus is the largest in the body) and strengthening them won’t just enhance your derriere, it aids balance, improves athletic performance and can also reduce the likelihood of injury.
Two of the most popular exercises to target our backside are the glute bridge and hip thrust. Although still a compound exercise, unlike the squat and deadlift, they place far more emphasis on the glutes, as opposed to multiple lower body muscles. But, which is delivers better results? Are you better off thrusting away using a barbell and weight bench, or is dropping things to the floor more beneficial? With the help of an expert, we try to answer that very question.
