after training last night but I didn’t feel a thing in my glutes. I have been doing glute bridges, clams and fire hydrants every weekday for the last 2 months to great effect. I can now feel my glutes working during squats and deadlifts plus they just feel “harder” to the touch now. As this went so well, I wanted to continue improving them to help me keep advancing with my other lifts. Has anybody else done them to good effect? Do they feel them? Any alternatives if this is not as good an exercise as this article suggests?
I never got much out of pull-throughs. Glute bridges worked much better for me. Pausing in the hole of a squat also seemed to engage the glutes more than traditional reps. Sumo DLs, reverse hypers, and GHRs are also good glute developers.
Personally have never seen the merit in pull-through. I never feel any engagement plus they make you look like you’re fucking a hole in a dolphins head. Not worth the hassle imo
While I agree with the ridiculousness of this exercise, you’re probably performing it incorrectly.
If you’re thinking of bending over at the waist to initiate the movement, or extending the back to come back up, you’re not gonna get the glute effect. Start by pushing your hips back with a slightly bent knee, and coming back up by driving your hips forward, like an RDL.
i like them and I think the movement looks awesome. You’re marketing your thrusting power in front of receptive females pumping with testosterone. It doesn’t get any better than that.
i feel it in my glutes. you might have bad mmc. They work bc the next day my ass hurts. What helped for me is when coming up thrust your legs forward more than normal. you wont fall cus the weights holding you back but it helps for squeeze the glutes.
Also, spread your legs past shoulder width and point your toes a bit outward.