hinge
Glute Bridge
glutes · hamstrings
bodyweight · beginner
How to do it
- 1Lie on your back with knees bent and feet flat.
- 2Drive your hips up, squeeze, and lower.
What to think about
- Push through your heels.
What usually goes wrong
- Pushing through the toes and cramping the hamstrings.
Watch it
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What the cautions rest on
The safety points above come from these, not from house opinion.
- Strength and muscle gain require progressively increasing demand over time.
- Weight training carries a low injury rate compared with most field and contact sports.
- A rounding lower back under load has not been shown to cause back pain, so RORR treats it as a sign the set is finished rather than as a warning about injury.
Who checked this
Nobody qualified has. These are standard coaching points and ordinary gym safety, written down: how to set the thing up, what to control, and when to stop a set. They are not a clinical opinion and no physiotherapist or strength coach has read them back. If they disagree with somebody who can actually see you lift, believe that person.