Why the hip thrust is a waste of time and space.

[FlamingoDeFranc]

I'm of the firm opinion that the hip thrust/weighted hip bridge is an exercise that's been popularized by how lazy our population is. That is, people do not want to do the hard work of a squat, lunge, or deadlift to effectively target and shape their glutes. Unfortunately, every time I try to argue this point some bozo likes to point out that I'm not an 'exercise science professional' and that some guy named 'Brett' says hip thrusts are number one for the butt, or something like that. It'd be nice to have a solid rant available to refer these people to, think you wanna help out with that Rip? Or is the mass popularity of 'hip thrusts' a good thing for the fitness community and I'm just being overly critical?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Why would you hip thrust when you can squat, without special equipment?

[Soule]

I concur, however i have no problem with the ladies working on making that ass bigger by any means possible.

[Squat1]

Jason Blaha rates the hip thrust in his current conjugate system.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Jason Blaha rates the hip thrust in his current conjugate system.

Fascinating.

[Sawyer]

At least it’s a barbell exercise and can be done with a lot of weight.

I think it’s ok as an accessory exercize for women just like curls for the guys.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Right. Unnecessary, but fun.

[Soule]

Idk about loading a bunch of weight with these. I got up to about 455 for 8s when i was doing these and it was causing some pretty severe anterior hip pain that took a long time to recover from.

Not to mention it’s an unmanly exercise that should only be performed in secret or in disguise. Jane Fonda was doing this shit long before brett contrary came along.

But damn does it give the ladies a nice pump in all the right places.

[mgrover]

I concur, however i have no problem with the ladies working on making that ass bigger by any means possible.

squatting will do that just fine.

[FlamingoDeFranc]

All this air humping is a bit of an epidemic. If anyone is to take a walk through any gym (that's not a training facility), one would see an astounding amount of thrusting being done.....even valuable gym real estate specifically devoted towards hip thrust equipment. And apparently, no one is hip to why some guy might want to propagate his invention. Can't be too surprising when a place like five guys becomes america's favorite burger.