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Glute bridge

Compared in the reviewR1 · 1 full-text paper, 1 abstract-only

At least one paper behind this review states what this option was measured against. That is not a ranking, and this option carries no evidence profile of its own.

Round-2 tier-3 flag: thin - under 4 full-text papers.

Requirements it fills
  • hinge / hip-dominant
    Strength · 1 paper put it here
How it is performed
  • Similar setup to BHT but with different torso and knee angles. Range of motion from barbell on floor to neutral hip position at 0° of extension. Same setup as BGB with an elastic fabric band for abduction resistance. Subjects instructed to "break the band" as they extend their hips.

    D. Kennedy, J. Casebolt, G. Farren, Michelle L. Bartlett (2023) · International Journal of Strength and Conditioning · 10.47206/ijsc.v3i1.223
    Effects of Band-Resisted Abduction on Muscle Activity between the Barbell Hip Thrust and Barbell Glute Bridge
Dose

Measured in sets × reps — 1 of 1 library steps using ex.strength.glute-bridge are prescribed in this unit.

Dose and time, as the papers state it

No row states a dose or a time for this option.

Equipment

bodyweight · beginner — from the exercise catalogue, which is where equipment is authored.

Level and prerequisites

No row states a level or a prerequisite for this option.

Progression and regression

No row states how to make this option harder or easier.

Who should not do this

The papers behind this option report nothing on contraindications, which is not the same as saying there are none.

Setting, as the studies used it

No row describes the setting.

What the papers compared it with

No paper compares this option with another or calls it interchangeable with one.

A paper measuring one option against another does not make the two interchangeable, and it does not say which to choose. These are listed as what the papers did, and nothing here proposes a substitution.

Glute bridge