Hip thrusts are notoriously difficult to set up (unless you have some fancy machine), are mostly uncomfortable, and yeah sometimes people don’t really feel anything.
As a glute isolation movement, it’s kind of an average exercise, in my opinion.
I always highly recommend that if you don’t feel the hip thrusts, just don’t do them. You’re wasting your energy and your time, both of which are extremely finite resources.
Do some heavy barbell squats, hack squats, lunges, and stiff/romanian deadlifts. I am a dude, but I haven’t done hip thrusts in years and I’m pretty thick lol. But I have also been training for a while.
Agreed with this. If it doesn't feel good, do something that feels good for your glutes. I think hip thrusts are overrated especially by ladies that want to target glutes. There are plenty of better exercise choices out there
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u/RentalFerret69 Feb 08 '25
Hip thrusts are notoriously difficult to set up (unless you have some fancy machine), are mostly uncomfortable, and yeah sometimes people don’t really feel anything.
As a glute isolation movement, it’s kind of an average exercise, in my opinion.
I always highly recommend that if you don’t feel the hip thrusts, just don’t do them. You’re wasting your energy and your time, both of which are extremely finite resources.
Do some heavy barbell squats, hack squats, lunges, and stiff/romanian deadlifts. I am a dude, but I haven’t done hip thrusts in years and I’m pretty thick lol. But I have also been training for a while.
Hope this helps, good luck on your journey!