View this post on Instagram I love these for my hip muscles, and they always draw a few looks in the gym ????. I think most people are always a bit shocked to see little old me loading up the bar like this. Two years ago I wasn't doing this however. One day I was in the gym with Michelle @yourhealthyhedonista and she said "it's time"! ???? We started off with 135 lbs (that's the bar plus two big 45 lbs plates). She corrected my form, barking orders at me, demonstrating what she wanted me to do, and by the end of the lesson I was doing 200 lbs. I don't know how that's possible but I guess when you've got good instructions anything is possible. Here I'm doing 205 lbs with a 2 count pause at the top. By pausing at the top I'm building up even more strength in my muscles. Keys: set up everything so that you are wedged in tight. You can't be all loose and wobbly lifting a heavy weight like this. Trust me, it helps! 2) use a quality pad like this special hip thrust pad by @ironbullstrength . I ordered mine off of amazon. 3) start off with a light weight until you master the movement. I'm trying to squeeze the glutes hard to thrust the weight up until my knees, hips and chest are in one line. ???????????????? 4) keep pushing the knees out. Don't let them collapse in. This will help build up your side glute muscles and keep your knees healthy. That's it for the hip thrust! If you do these today tag me so I can see! And tag a friend who you think could benefit from these! ???????????? #nevertooold. A post shared by Joan MacDonald (@trainwithjoan) on Mar 10, 2020 at 5:23am PDT
I love these for my hip muscles, and they always draw a few looks in the gym ????. I think most people are always a bit shocked to see little old me loading up the bar like this. Two years ago I wasn't doing this however. One day I was in the gym with Michelle @yourhealthyhedonista and she said "it's time"! ???? We started off with 135 lbs (that's the bar plus two big 45 lbs plates). She corrected my form, barking orders at me, demonstrating what she wanted me to do, and by the end of the lesson I was doing 200 lbs. I don't know how that's possible but I guess when you've got good instructions anything is possible. Here I'm doing 205 lbs with a 2 count pause at the top. By pausing at the top I'm building up even more strength in my muscles. Keys: set up everything so that you are wedged in tight. You can't be all loose and wobbly lifting a heavy weight like this. Trust me, it helps! 2) use a quality pad like this special hip thrust pad by @ironbullstrength . I ordered mine off of amazon. 3) start off with a light weight until you master the movement. I'm trying to squeeze the glutes hard to thrust the weight up until my knees, hips and chest are in one line. ???????????????? 4) keep pushing the knees out. Don't let them collapse in. This will help build up your side glute muscles and keep your knees healthy. That's it for the hip thrust! If you do these today tag me so I can see! And tag a friend who you think could benefit from these! ???????????? #nevertooold.
A post shared by Joan MacDonald (@trainwithjoan) on Mar 10, 2020 at 5:23am PDT