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@manwithnohat That video and the second part are excellent, thank you for sharing! It seems like they’re aimed at trainers and PTs; I love how grumpy he gets about the bad advice he’s heard others give. 🤣

@waelawad I aspire to have a back and shoulders like yours, wow! Thanks for sharing your results.

@dawn16 The hip thrust does fire the quads, though, very strongly. At least according to EMG testing (whether emg activity correlates to muscle growth is another matter).

@rovanpenny Correct; with the back squat, the bar is on your back. Men’s Health; Front Squat vs Back Squat The Skinny Gal’s Guide to the Squat; Goblet Style, Front Squat, Back Squat.

@oleaster I use pull up assist bands, like these. They aren’t made for this purpose; I just triple-loop one around my knees. I like these, instead of the dedicated, short, broad booty bands, because they’re multi-purpose—pull ups, dips, and warm ups. The brand I bought was UPOWEX, through an...

@oleaster There are two versions; using the band instead of a barbell, or using the barbell, plus pressing out against a band around your knees. Girls Gone Strong is always my go-to resource: Hip thrust with bands as resistance Hip thrust with knees banded You can also combine the two...

@sabrina_ Ooh, really? And it was just published, Jan 2020. I can’t believe I missed it! That’s exactly the kind of schadenfreude-rich drama I love.

@izraeli3 Friend, this post is four years old.

An interesting study, which appears to be well-designed. Each group was composed of 12 well-trained women. “Abstract The study compared the effects of back squat (BS) and hip thrust (HT) exercises on muscle strength and hypertrophy in well-trained women. Twenty-two participants were divided in...

@darcylbridge That was exactly what I was going to post! From The Women’s Book. For other readers, the different columns are because DEXA consistently gives higher BF% than other methods (like hydrostatic weighing, calipers, etc). As far as I know, no one knows why. But it’s the same flat...