Hold dumbbells in your hands, step one foot on the box or bench and press through your heel to step up, slowly step back down and repeat - you can do all on one side or switch back and forth between legs.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: Bodyweight - 7lbs
Intermediate: 10-25lbs
Advanced: 30-65+ lbs
*Modification: do this without weights!
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HIP THRUST (4x12)
Use a barbell. Support upper back on a bench/ thrust machine, press through your heels to drive your glutes up to a tabletop position, then slowly return back down.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: Try just the bar first or dumbbells
Intermediate: 15-35lb plates on each side of the barbell
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BANDED GLUTE BRIDGE ABDUCTION (4x10)
Lie on your back with a band around your thighs and knees bent. Lift into a glute bridge, then press your knees out against the band and bring them back in while keeping hips lifted.
Equipment: Resistance band
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BANDED SINGLE LEG STEPS (3x8) PER SIDE
With a resistance band around your ankles or knees, stay in a slight squat and step one foot out to the side and back in to fire up your outer glutes.
Equipment: Zero equipment
