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    My wife did not know these existed. After I showed her a YouTube demo, she asked why girls with big tits should do these.

    I shall have to get this important movement added to her programming.

    You know, for glute activation....and stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sean Berry View Post
    My wife did not know these existed. After I showed her a YouTube demo, she asked why girls with big tits should do these.

    I shall have to get this important movement added to her programming.

    You know, for glute activation....and stuff.

    sb
    YouTube is a great resource.

    For, like, coaching purposes.

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    I can't find Rippetoe anywhere directly and seriously addressing the utility of the hip thrust, why it should or shouldn't be done. I caught this clip just now, and did a quick search, all I could find was another thread on this forum in which nobody including Rippetoe made any serious effort to discuss the hip thrust, and I don't recall coming across it at all in either the blue or grey book.

    Is there a thread or article anywhere in which Rippetoe or anyone representing SS actually talks seriously about the hip thrust?

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    There is no such thread. There is also a paucity of discussion on the wrist curl and dumbbell flyes.

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    Thank you for replying sir.

    I don't want to make the BB hip thrust a wedge to open up a huge topic about SS for hypertrophy, but it does seem to me on the face of it that the hip thrust is a useful movement for hypertrophy training, it loads the hip extensors over a portion of their range of movement that vertical lifts cannot, could you please furnish us with an explanation as to why the hip thrust isn't a useful accessory movement for glute hypertrophy, if we were to grant that as a legitimate ultimate goal?

    I understand and preach that the low bar squat and the HGR are great for glute hypertrophy, but great isn't comprehensive and it isn't optimal, which I believe its fair to say is why we want to chin and not just deadlift, even though the deadlift isn't a bicep or lat 'driven' movement.

    I've read Contreras' (in)famous article on the topic and it broadly makes sense to me with some caveats, but I'm a strong advocate of SS and of absolute strength training for almost all athletes, in the teeth of continuous pushback from the other coaches in my (high street commercial) gym. I like having something I can point to that shows the thoughtful side of the SS approach, and the hip thrust is a movement I programme for a lot of female clients with physique goals, in addition to trying to encourage them to adopt strength training as an absolute/proximate goal.

    I try to be agnostic about the utility of the movement, I just have a prejudice as we all do, mine being in favour of it for certain purposes and that being a product of my experience. I should say that I enjoy your laconic, humorous treatment of a lot of topics on the podcast, but I've previously always been able to dig down and find you address a topic seriously, somewhere, at least once, even if only to mention the general principles by which you consider the topic itself to be redundant.

    Also if/while I have you, do you think you'll ever run SS certification courses in Europe?

    Kind regards,

    Jake Norman

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe View Post
    There is no such thread. There is also a paucity of discussion on the wrist curl and dumbbell flyes.
    And I'm not finding much on the elastic band finger extension either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jake Norman View Post
    I don't want to make the BB hip thrust a wedge to open up a huge topic about SS for hypertrophy, but it does seem to me on the face of it that the hip thrust is a useful movement for hypertrophy training, it loads the hip extensors over a portion of their range of movement that vertical lifts cannot, could you please furnish us with an explanation as to why the hip thrust isn't a useful accessory movement for glute hypertrophy, if we were to grant that as a legitimate ultimate goal?
    I'm not concerned about glute hypertrophy, or hamstring hypertrophy, or VMO hypertrophy, or gastroc hypertrophy, or any other individual muscle group's hypertrophy. I am interested in strengthening normal human movement patterns, which has proven its ability to produce hypertrophy in all the involved muscle groups.

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    For what it is worth, Biolayne had a reasonable take on the hip thrust based on a glute hypertrophy study. Main takeaway was that squats are still better, but when it comes to managing your fatigue, HTs MAY be a useful accessory to slip in for them cheek gains if the back squat is beating you up.....if getting those tasty buns is your ultimate goal.

    Booty Gains - Squats & Hip Thrusts Put to the Test | Biolayne

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    Also, doing hip thrusts with any substantial weight will fuck you up. Hip pain, back pain, knee pain.

    I did them and it looked stupid and made me feel stupid. Never again.

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