Barbell Hip Thrust with Resistance Band

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The Barbell Hip Thrust with Resistance Band targets your glutes and hamstrings while enhancing stability and strength.

  1. Begin seated on the floor with your upper back against a bench.
  2. Place a barbell across your hips and secure a resistance band around your thighs.
  3. Drive through your heels, lifting your hips towards the ceiling while squeezing your glutes.
  4. Lower your hips back down and repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Barbell Hip Thrust with Resistance Band

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Barbell Hip Thrust with Resistance Band using your barbell.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your glutes.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your glutes rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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