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Barbell glute bridge
Legs · Barbell
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps4 to 8
RIR1 to 3
A heavy multi-joint lift with free weights. Keep a rep or two in reserve on most sets so technique holds.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Glutes.
Secondary: Hamstrings.
Estimate your one-rep max
Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Seteløft (stang)
- Svenska Höftlyft (skivstång)
- Dansk Glute bridge (vægtstang)
- Deutsch Beckenheben (Langhantel)
- Español Puente de glúteos (barra)
- Italiano Ponte per i glutei (bilanciere)
- Português Ponte de glúteo (barra)
- Русский Ягодичный мостик со штангой на полу
- Français Pont fessier (barre)
Related legs exercises
- Goblet squat
- Bulgarian split squat
- Lunges (dumbbells)
- Walking lunges
- Step-ups
- Single-leg Romanian deadlift
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