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03-16-2018, 02:30 PM #1
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How to improve your squat.
Lifters and athletes associate the hip thrust with glute development and horizontal force enhancement. But a recent study in the Journal of Sports Science shows that it's also effective at increasing your 1 rep max back squat.
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The study recruited 20 male collegiate baseball players with an average back squat of around 188 pounds. They were split into two groups for the 8-week study: One group performed hip thrust training with increasing intensity. One group performed normal baseball training. After 8-weeks, the hip thrust training group increased squat max an average of 31%. The baseball-only training group saw an insignificant change. The most interesting part of this was that the hip thrust took athletes from 185 pounds to 237 pounds on their squat WITHOUT any squat training! So the hip thrust isn't just for booty gains or horizontal force. If you're looking to bring your squat up, give it a shot.
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03-16-2018, 07:00 PM #2
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03-17-2018, 09:56 AM #3
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so are you saying doing hip thrust will make a bigger butt. i'll pass,
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03-17-2018, 12:50 PM #4
Haha!
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Here I'll try, I used to post videos all the time, but it's been a while.
Okay, so this is the thing I see chicks trying all the time on the Smith Machine at the gym...drtbear1967 thanked for this post
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03-22-2018, 06:47 PM #11
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03-23-2018, 08:23 AM #12
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I saw a pro powerlifter doing this with over 400 pounds. It works.
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