Bottle Weighted Glute Bridge

Perform the Bottle Weighted Glute Bridge to strengthen your glutes and hamstrings.

  1. Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor, holding a bottle above your hips.
  2. Engage your core and push through your heels to lift your hips towards the ceiling.
  3. Hold the bridge position for a moment, squeezing your glutes at the top.
  4. Lower your hips back down to the starting position and repeat.

How to perform the Bottle Weighted Glute Bridge

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Bottle Weighted Glute Bridge using your free weights.
  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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