A trainer reveals how to add the Kas glute bridge into your routine for its strength-building benefits.
Here, Summers breaks down all the benefits the Kas glute bridge has to offer.
Place an (optional) barbell or dumbbell in hip crease and hold with both hands.
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C.Keeping lower back flat and knees stable, slowly lower hips two to three inches.
D.Continue lifting hips until body forms a straight line from shoulders to knees to return to the starting position.
Below, details on how, exactly, it can do your bum some good.
But unlike the floor-based exercise, the Kas glute bridge can easily be loaded, says Summers.
This glute engagement is also a key difference between the Kas glute bridge and traditional hip thrust.
“The Kas glute bridge is supposed to just be glutes,” says Summers.
And they’re really just generating power and force through the ground."
An isolated Kas glute bridge, however, forces your booty to do the bulk of the work.
That said, your core which protects the spine does still get involved in the movement.
“We want to be extending from the hips andnotthe lower back,” says Summers.
“I’d recommend anywhere from three to five sets for 10 to 20 repetitions. "
