How to Do the Single Leg Glute Bridge

Beginner · Body Only · Targets Glutes, Hamstrings

Single Leg Glute Bridge demonstration
💪 Glutes, Hamstrings🏋️ Body Only📊 Beginner🏷️ Strength

How to perform it

  1. Lay on the floor with your feet flat and knees bent.
  2. Raise one leg off of the ground, pulling the knee to your chest. This will be your starting position.
  3. Execute the movement by driving through the heel, extending your hip upward and raising your glutes off of the ground.
  4. Extend as far as possible, pause and then return to the starting position.

Muscles worked

The Single Leg Glute Bridge primarily targets your Glutes, with support from your Hamstrings. You'll need body only.

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