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barbell hip thrusts have been absolutely helpful as a guy who uses it to help with squat and deadlift. I have had less problems locking them out since I started doing them.
it's also a great movement for other sports, if you do something like BJJ or MMA you should really consider adding hip thrusts.
Barbell hip thrusts also helped me with my log clean. I implemented hip thrusts in as an accessory movement after my log clean and press sessions.
Imo there can be no bad exercises. If it works for YOU and wont hurt you in the long run, its great.
DEADLIFT IS GARBAGE, YOU CAN'T BUILD MUSCLE FROM IT AND WEAR AND TEAR OF THE SPINE FOR SURE, HIP THRUST IS GARBAGE TOO, STAND WITH FEET PARALLEL APART AND DO 15 TO 20 REPS BUTT SQUEEZES FOR 5 SETS, WORKS MUCH BETTER THAT THAT HIP THRUST CRAP
zydrunas savickas does them
Only because you are an professional bodybuilder doesnt mean you have the best/worthiest opinion. On most stuff you can agree because those were absurd examples but hating hip-thrusts because they look weird is stupid. Many people who cannot squat due to injuries or something can still do thrusts. It isnt better because it is oldschool or extra hard and the choice of exercise doenst matter to your muscle as long as you put stress on it.
Amen!
Thx mate. I think the opinion from these athletes were almost toxic. Just one way. Can't stand this. Everybody is built diffrent and reacts to certain exercises in a diffrent way.
Half the exercises they do look stupid anyway, looking stupid shouldn't be a reason
For working on my back my PT gave me multiple variations on hip-thrusts, and they worked!
@@jurekweis9169 Everybody knows this, you act as if youre the only enlightened one. Its common knowledge in the industry that everyone is different in not only genetics ranging from apperance to likelyness in injury but also mental situation. But! That does not mean that the exercises shown do not have less or worse muscle contraction and effectiveness than other exercises because they do. I have to agree that one of the "bodybuilders" called the hip thrust bad for men, that i do not agree with, as it is a great exercise and gender does not limit you to using it.
dudes who find barbell hip thrusts 'sus' need to grow up to be honest. It's a good exercise and helps with deadlifts.
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Once your lats are locked, a deadlift is a blend of a leg press and a hip thrust
A guy with a face tattoo who competed in what basically are pageants gets insecure about hip thrusts... Go figure 🤣
Yep
Hipthrust kills your spine
as SOON as you said for the difficult, I knew EXACTLY who was coming. God bless Juji, always nice to see your videos
same, same
@@riveteye93 the difficult rn🏃🏻🏃🏻
Are we going to address that Disney used your America's Got Talent audition as inspiration in their newest Thor movie though? lol
Where'd you hear this? Or is this a joke and I'm just dumb
no
Shit movie though and Disney is evil.
What!?
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Barbell hip thrusts are INCREDIBLY UNDERRATED.
Almost every time I've been looking at ifbb championships I felt that the glutes were underdeveloped for the rest of the physique. On many of these guys it looks like they just completely forgot to work their glutes at all
Aren't you confusing men's bodybuilding with the wellness class?
DEADLIFT IS GARBAGE, YOU CAN'T BUILD MUSCLE FROM IT AND WEAR AND TEAR OF THE SPINE FOR SURE, HIP THRUST IS GARBAGE TOO, STAND WITH FEET PARALLEL APART AND DO 15 TO 20 REPS BUTT SQUEEZES FOR 5 SETS, WORKS MUCH BETTER THAT THAT HIP THRUST CRAP
@@chrisstoltz3648 From a functional standpoint I won't underestimate their importance. I can't name an ifbb pro who performs bridges or thrusts and yet they all have big asses from training legs along with some abductor work.
Ifbb open class pros probably have more
glute muscle mass than any other human beings on earth. What you’re seeing is people with extremely low body fat. Any normal person you see with a big ass...it’s mostly fat
@@HkFinn83 You're correct on this, but I think the OP has a fetish for large muscular male asses
Juji your legs are looking a lot better. Definitely more mass and definition from the last contest I saw you in.
not just this legs but his back has improved alot aswell
@@thomasfowler2140 I agree. He looks great overall. I just remember he was definitely lacking in the legs in the past. Now he has some decent trunks on him.
They looked great until struggling on that one legged leg press. That was... Weak as fuck or his acting has grown the most. Honest to God if my son can't buck 400lb from any angle with one leg by the time he's 14 I'm disowning him. This dude has done way too many legit feats of strength to possibly be that weak in his lower body. That was feined effort, yes?
Is this guy natty?
Bro you killed me when you listed Kyriakos’s weight and strength as full
That's the standard joke in the bloatlord fanclub.
Age 47 years training 47 😂
As someone who squats and lunges, but has never been able to get good glute activation I will say the hip thrust has helped me to start growing my actual glute muscles more. That and using a back extension but focusing more on the glute extending. Before that I could squat a ton but just feel it in my hamstrings and quads.
@Crestfallen Veloci that’s great you found the tool that works for you! For myself regular lunges and squatting deep have never gotten me a great glute pump. We’ll see as we progress, sometimes those stimulus change and don’t help as much anymore. Same end goals but different paths for now!
@@GalickGon facts. What a nice reply
What, but guy who went on ranting about how today's bodybuilders are weaker says it looks weird!
Kettle bell swing >
IMHO I think barbell hip-thrusts paired with single leg glute bridges are especially helpful for those having TFL issues when squatting. Anecdotally I would have pretty bad TFL pinching pain when doing heavy squats so I started doing hip-thrusts/single leg glute bridges as a warm up/accessory, which I believe helped increase my hip mobility/glute activation resulting in less TFL dependency/pain on heavy squat days.
DEADLIFT IS GARBAGE, YOU CAN'T BUILD MUSCLE FROM IT AND WEAR AND TEAR OF THE SPINE FOR SURE, HIP THRUST IS GARBAGE TOO, STAND WITH FEET PARALLEL APART AND DO 15 TO 20 REPS BUTT SQUEEZES FOR 5 SETS, WORKS MUCH BETTER THAT THAT HIP THRUST CRAP
What the fuck is TFL
@@wildfirezg tensor fasciae latae
DO STRETCHES, DONT PUT MORE WEIGHT ON AN ALREADY INFLAMMED AREA
@@10NobodyElse SPELL THE CHIT OUT NEXT TIME BOZO
My wife, a personal trainer, said the sideways leg press looked terrible for the back. Then Sam said "Where'd you feel it?" and my wife's face lit up with an "I told you so" as soon as you said "My back."
I figured it out after 3 seconds without being a personal trainer and without having tried it.
I love you ending the video with a montage of King Grizzly himself! He is peak performance
5:49 Love how a pro bodybuilder will actively say that the purpose of lifting weights for growth is to make the workout difficult, both in a local muscular sense AND systemically. As if excessive fatigue isn't a thing. Literally the only thing that matters is ratio of local muscle stimulus to fatigue for whatever exercise you end up choosing, and for MANY it will likely be more machine oriented equipment than free weight.
“Make the workout difficult” is a backwards roider idea. We should all be doing Joel Seedman’s single leg bosu ball kettlebell explosive alternating overhead presses with bands. They’re hella difficult. Or if that’s too ridiculous how about 20 sets of AMRAP 80% max deadlifts. That’s difficult. Its almost as if the pro bodybuilders natty or otherwise don’t train that way.
The drugs let them train balls to the wall frequently and not pay for it nearly as much as a natural would, both in the recovery aspect and growth aspect, so they feel very inclined to say shit like that. Fatigue management doesn't matter when drug dosage management is the priority.
@@tann_man They, pro bodybuilders, don't. It's almost like they want other people to believe that the training needs to be harder than it is, so that they can be seen as being successful in a sport that is even harder than people originally thought.
@@emmang2010 Yup. It's just their prejudeces . All of us want to go from A to B in shortest distance . No one tells go to Africa through China .
I've always used lunges like Lee mentioned. What I think they're getting at is building more hip mobility. Which squatting does, because you learn how your hips actually do the lift. But also, hip flexor stretching, into lunging has done for me than any hip thrust.
Yo! Your lady gets major points for the joke at 8:01, "Is this part of the bladder hypertrophy program??"! I'm sorry I can't remember her name off the top of my head haha The banter between you two is getting next level, have been watching for a couple years now. So thankful for you Juji! Much love!
Barbell hip thrusts have been a part of my workouts since I was a teen, in wrestling hip thrusting strength makes a difference. I'd recommend them for any grappler. I also have done side bends after suitcase deadlifts, again for wrestling performance.
The barbell hip-thrust is a great exercise, imho, but a little bit tricky to master. I think because it is widely considered a feminine exercise, it gets wrongly overlooked.
Agreed
DEADLIFT IS GARBAGE, YOU CAN'T BUILD MUSCLE FROM IT AND WEAR AND TEAR OF THE SPINE FOR SURE, HIP THRUST IS GARBAGE TOO, STAND WITH FEET PARALLEL APART AND DO 15 TO 20 REPS BUTT SQUEEZES FOR 5 SETS, WORKS MUCH BETTER THAT THAT HIP THRUST CRAP
@@chrisstoltz3648 STAND UP AND DO BUTT SQUEEZES DUDE WORKS BETTER
i've found them great for good range of motion in my hip flexors, great for posture and a strong core
@@chrisstoltz3648 Then work on your form... That's kind of the point of the critique towards them.
My gym has a pendulum squat and it's tremendous. It helps with ROM so much.
Holy hell Juji, the improvements to your hamstrings and quads from the side is crazy impressive. So much more balanced now.
I’ve discovered a few things about my body over the last two years. I’m now made of glass. I have Scoliosis, Sciatica, Hip Bursitis. With those my right Glute doesn’t fire as efficiently as my left. Barbell Hip thrust and any sort of back extension variation have been a staple since then to get my right glute working correctly. Love it.
I'm pretty sure John Meadows was also one that said put your feet out in front on a smith machine. Hip thrusts are great and once again pretty sure Ed Coan would do side bends with a loaded barbell. Of course he wanted a strong "core" instead of a thin one.
Ofcourse the benchpress sucks if you treat it as a movement solely for the chest. It is a compound movement, involving numerous muscles. Personally i like skullcrushers with an ez bar and the benchpress, granted i woud also recommend doing multiple benchpress variations from different angles, different grip widhts, with and without leg drive etc. I guess dumbell benchpress is great too, but the issue is many gyms only have dumbells up to 20-30kg, whereas with the bench even in a poorly equipped gym you can load atleast 225-450lbs, if you even have the strenght for it.
youre laying down its not a compound exercise
@@cupcakechronicles4551 doesn't compoud exercise usually mean an excercise that involves multiple different muscles unlike isolation movements that mainly only involve the use of one muscle? Because the benchpress involves the use of many muscles (chest,triceps,shoulders etc.) Just like the squats or deadlifts target multiple muscles.
@@cupcakechronicles4551 it is a compound lift
The point is that doing a 30 degree incline and using dumb bells activates your chest and stabilizers more so the bench is unnecessary.
@@Typhoon860 i thought i covered this already? Nobody is claiming, the benchpress is the best or the only chest movement you shoud do. Maybe certain dumbell incline benchpress variations activate your chest more, but that doesn't make the benchpress useless. Also like i said already, not many people have a gym with dumbells that go to high weights, but 20kg plates are relatively affordable and easy to load onto bars not only for the benchpress but a plethora of other movements you can do with bars. Dumbells are less adaptable than a bar and weights. Also, benchpress is generally safer to perform for most people, because of safety mechanism that exist in some benches. Those do not exist for dumbells (or atleast not that im aware of) so it is easier to drop a dumbell onto yourself than a bar theoretically. All those minute details are relatively pointless though, my main point is chest or stabilizer activation is far from the most important factors to determine wether the benchpress "sucks" or is useful.
Barbell Hip Thrusts are fantastic. Two great uses for them were strengtening my back, glutes while I rehabed after a knee injury - also great for upping your squat and deadlift. Its also a clutch motion for anyone doing BJJ, Wrestling, Sambo, or any sort of grappling where you might have to hip bump your opponent - I wanna be alble to hip thrust 200+lbs like butter.
They are so good for BJJ
Feet out in front on smith is actually really good. Used it for a while before I had access to a hack squat
Yep. It’s one of those “don’t hate it without trying it” things. Built my quads thanks to these as I don’t have a hack squat machine.
RP does this all the time; bodybuilders just often have opinions on exercises that are just that; opinions.
If you have to avoid regular squats due to injury etc try a hexbar as an alternative
I never really understood the comments about dudes doing hip thrusts, dudes have glutes too doing them has really helped my lower back pain, fixed my anterior pelvic tilt and increased my squat
DEADLIFT IS GARBAGE, YOU CAN'T BUILD MUSCLE FROM IT AND WEAR AND TEAR OF THE SPINE FOR SURE, HIP THRUST IS GARBAGE TOO, STAND WITH FEET PARALLEL APART AND DO 15 TO 20 REPS BUTT SQUEEZES FOR 5 SETS, WORKS MUCH BETTER THAT THAT HIP THRUST CRAP
Genuinely sounds like some macho man bs like I have glutes especially in like grappling martial arts legs are everything
@@8unlucky8 HUH
The good morning angle 😅
Great video, well edited! Loved seeing all the different opinions edited together and responding to each other.
Hi Juji love your videos have a nice day keep it up with the good work ❤️
I need the Barbell Hip thrusts as part of my routine.
In the past I wouldn't do them and I would end up having problems with my squat because my glutes wouldn't work despite doing both squats and deadlifts.
So for me its a necessary leg exercise.
Also I like side bends on a back extension as I do feel that one in my obliques.
For obliques, im a fan of briefcase carries. Hold the weight about 6 inches away from the body and try to walk without leaning. Its safer for your spine.
DEADLIFT IS GARBAGE, YOU CAN'T BUILD MUSCLE FROM IT AND WEAR AND TEAR OF THE SPINE FOR SURE, HIP THRUST IS GARBAGE TOO, STAND WITH FEET PARALLEL APART AND DO 15 TO 20 REPS BUTT SQUEEZES FOR 5 SETS, WORKS MUCH BETTER THAT THAT HIP THRUST CRAP
@@donniea.5429 Why in the world would you isolate oblique training at all? It's logically illogical.
@@misukiylambertson2764 its core training
@@jamaallewis3520 For what
the 'smith machine squat with their feet 9 feet in front of you' is how the vast majority of people in my gym squat in the smith machine, with their PTs advising them to do it exactly this way. The joys of working out in a commercial gym
@@zackarykasprzak3073 why would it be? I'm seriously intrigued, but smells bs
That technique takes off stress from Back and knees and you can focus more on front squads. It simulates hack squad movement in theory.
@@xj432 Feet in front actually takes away from quads because of same reason it reduces stress on knees. It's very far from what Hack squat does.
@@zackarykasprzak3073 Actually going forward too much on smith squat makes it easer to strain your lower back. Similar to how some people strain their lower back when doing leg press and lifting their pelvis off the pad at the bottom.
@@ArthasMal exactly what happened to me
Barbell hip thrusts actually did work to improve my mind muscle connection with my glutes when I was starting out because I’m incredibly quad dominant. Side bends actually helped my lower back quite a bit. They’re useless from a bodybuilding standpoint though.
Yeah, hip thrusts are great
Side bends are essential for anyone with back pain. The guy who said it "might be bad for your back" was talking out of his ass.
Side bends and hip thrusts are useless
side bends are not a bad accessory exercise, they do strengthen the core and target your side abdominals. also an easy choice for someone who has limited equipment
I love these videos with input from more bodybuilders
thank you for the end of the video, I truly needed that today.
So happy to hear BB bench. I have always loathed the move. Just never been able to get a connection to my pecs, always felt crazy shoulder dominant.
try middle to wide grip larsen pressing
I get a good connection with the barbell flat bench if its the first thing i do in the workout, if i do any type of pressing before the bench i get no feeling in my pecs what so ever, although they do look more pumped after. I do think dumbbells are probably better, but the bench is just more convenient for low(ish) reps like 6-10 than getting the dumbbells in position, so i'd do them in a more 10-15 rep range. Cant go wrong by doing both. (only half wrong)
barbell hip thrusts after squats pretty much eliminated my low back pain after like 3 workouts
your glutes must have been like raisins
@@lort6022 too long with the high school football attitude of just get the weight up and let everything develop bad imbalances
I do barbell overhead press, but I also do an overload variation on a vertical leg press. I do it to overload, to build leg drive, and to specifically target the bottom of the movement.
Smith Machine Squats are no joke at all. This will target your quads way more than a regular squat, it's like a middle ground between a regular squat and a hack squat.
Regarding the push downs on the assisted dip station: John Meadows liked doing them, that’s where I learned it from. And it does give an amazing stretch. But I think it’s best used more as a warm up for other tri exercises.
Julius Maddox also does them
I use them for lower chest actually… they are usually first supersetted with chest flies then i go assisted dip to destroy my chest… you can focus your chest by your hand placement/elbow placement and by leaning almost 90 degrees forward
Much of John Meadows advice seems really bad. Not trying to disparage a dead guy who seemed to be really nice, but many of his exercises and advice were terrible.
barbell hip thrusts help build deadlift. I understand pro bodybuilders not getting it, as deadlift doesn't matter to them.
Depends on foot placement yet it surely helps the glutes and you should be thrusting more than you're squatting, and more than you're pulling. To me, once the lats are locked, a deadlift is a leg press blended with a hip thrust
@@drip369 What do you say your good morning should be ? Half your dead or half your squat?
DEADLIFT IS GARBAGE, YOU CAN'T BUILD MUSCLE FROM IT AND WEAR AND TEAR OF THE SPINE FOR SURE, HIP THRUST IS GARBAGE TOO, STAND WITH FEET PARALLEL APART AND DO 15 TO 20 REPS BUTT SQUEEZES FOR 5 SETS, WORKS MUCH BETTER THAT THAT HIP THRUST CRAP
@@drip369 wtf i can only thrust a third of what i squat, granted i started training 2 months ago
The dumbbell side bend is to build the QL which helps with back issues. I’m living proof they work. But they do work better using the back extension side ways.
I used to do Barbell hip thrusts and kinda liked them. I've since found I can use a cable machine with a hip-belt (From a belt squat machine), stand up away from the weight stack, hold onto a surface and doing standing hip thrusts which get a massive contraction in the glutes. Absolutely had hypertrophy gains from in and a stronger squat.
I remember my coach once showed us EMG results for most of the exercises and bench press was like 4 or 5th in the list. I still do it tho cuz i like it
I only really primarily feel it in my chest once i get into the 8+ rep range. I still train for it super frequently just for the sake of it being fun though.
what was first place, like before bp?
Any natural with good chest development does heavy press (bench or weighted dips)
@@alexandrevincenot6546 no
@@alexandrevincenot6546 LOL couldn't be further from the truth. Chest is my best body part (although it's partly genetic, obviously, as is with everyone) and I've never done dips nor do I bench heavy the past few years. We all know there's a bell curve, once you start training you SHOULD focus on strength to build the foundation but after solid 3-4-5 years it just doesn't make sense as much. You've built the foundation, you've built the mind muscle connection. At that point it makes more sense to drop the weight and maximize on that mind muscle connection, on tension and squeezing. I get good chest gains still because of that, doing hard presses only brings tendonitis along with it and some strength gains, barely any muscle gains, really.
I will say, hip thrust variations helped fix my anterior pelvic tilt when combined with a lot of GHD work.
Did you do single leg hip thrusts? I have a pelvic tilt that drives me nuts
@@kellrockets101 I just do double leg but am considering going to single as a means of progression.
@@kellrockets101 Best way to get rid of pelvic tilt is actually learning to do the splits. It strengthens your hip and will, automatically through gravity, give you and your tissue, tendons and all, a reset. I am doing this since three weeks now and it helped tremendously with all the back and hip issues I have. (Side Note, I can barely sitm stand or lie down without pain and everything else just made it worse)
Barbell always annoyed one of my shoulders. I've done dumbbells for years. They kick ass. I'm always looking for the toughest exercise that is hardest to do. I do less weight, and am less likely to hurt myself. Currently I really have a love hate relationship with Bulgarian split squats. I hate it so much...but I love it.
Really well put together video. Editing is top tier
One weird exercise that wasn't mentioned I believe is the "smith machine leg press" (the one that people lay down on the floor and press the bar upwards). It looks dumb but also dangerous. I've seen it in a public gym a few times where they actually have two different leg press machines (the most common type, and a stacked wegith machine that allows you to start with as low as 9 kg).
thats a vertical leg press then, so it targets different muscles then a 45 degree regular leg press
The best exercise i've ever done to activate my ass has to be Walking Dumbbell Lunges, also good for my grip and balance. I can't stand barbell hip thrust.
These for me
squats, lunges and bulgarian split squats absolutely fry my glutes while also activating the hams and the quads (a lot). Personally I don't find the hip thrusts necessary. I actually find them irrelevant (for myself) but I do realize that a lot of people, because of how they're built and their body mechanics, simply have issues at activating and contracting their glutes whilst doing the usual exercises so they seek the alternative options
I love real videos like this. I wish there were more. Thank you all for taking the time to participate!
Barbell flat bench is probably one of my favorite exercises to do and I don't have any issues with it honestly I was kinda surprised to see you guys trashing it. Hip thrusts I never understood since I don't do them so I can't judge it just looks extremely painful on the penis and bladder if anything
Considering doing bodybuilding myself after I get my feet wet in powerlifting. Thank you for inspiring me to keep pushing!
The hip hinge is the most important movement to train in terms of functional fitness imo. That being said Hip thrust wouldn't be my first choice but it is definitely a great exercise to train the hinge and light up the posterior chain.
Side bends are good for quadratus lumborum. Important muscle to prevent back injuriers.
"Chupa!" at 0:44 had me cracking hard 😂🤣
Great video as always Juji! 🤗
Barbell hip thrust are great for training glutes, personally I never get much glute activation on other posterior chain exercises
DEADLIFT IS GARBAGE, YOU CAN'T BUILD MUSCLE FROM IT AND WEAR AND TEAR OF THE SPINE FOR SURE, HIP THRUST IS GARBAGE TOO, STAND WITH FEET PARALLEL APART AND DO 15 TO 20 REPS BUTT SQUEEZES FOR 5 SETS, WORKS MUCH BETTER THAT THAT HIP THRUST CRAP
My hamstrings are extremely dominant.. i cant feel my glutes.. only walking lunges i can get great activation
Hipthrusts are an amazing exercise, especially when recovering from back surgery. Safe way to build strength and stability back into the lumbar spine.
Loved this. More on this topic please
Great video, really sealed the deal at the end with the homage to the holy Bloat Lord. I think we can all agree Zercher shrugs are a staple of every bodybuilding regimen.
When frank was talking about the side oblique crunches it made me sooo irritated, sure it isn't the best to keep a small waist. However, it both stretches and strengthens the QL muscle which is one of the biggest causes for back pain in lifters who don't incorporate a side crunch or a windmill or movements like that into their training. I'd rather have a slightly large waist than back pain.
This is just for bodybuilding purposes. That could be good for regular people especially those who do deal with back pain but bodybuilders don’t want to do anything that’s going to make their waist look wider and thicker
@@seanmurphy6136 if it was just for bodybuilding then they should have used the example of a person they’ve seen do the exercise as an old man. Old men usually don’t care about trying to gain a bunch of muscle but rather longevity lets be real. They implied it was just a bad exercise in general.
I heard from old school powerlifters that its good for squat stability.
and for bodybuilders i dont know, i tought its about growing muscles bigger, isnt that muscle as well ?
@@Chrontard bodybuilders try to keep a good shoulder to waist ratio, so if their waist gets bigger than their shoulders dont look as impressive.
"QL muscle which is one of the biggest causes for back pain in lifters" - how did you get to that conclusion?
Centopani's Circles coming Full Circle
I'm a fan of barbell hip thrusts.
And I do side bends. But on a cable machine, a Scott Herman video taught me that like 10 years ago, lmao.
Funny because double cable bicep curls is the only Bicep exercise that really isolates the biceps for me.
Bicep bicep bicep 💪
Looks coolest and I can never do it when I don’t feel my best. Props.
main reason I don't do them is because there are suitable alternatives that don't hog two cable machines. Maybe you can do them on dedicated cable fly machines, but usually they're done using two cable stations on those 8-station + pull up cable structures.
I will give that exercise a go on the butterfly machine next workout, I can't remember the last time I tried it. I think it might have been Rich Piana who said he liked them because it helped him flex his biceps on the front and back double bicep poses because your arms are in the same position they're in when you do the pose
@@b1zzler That makes sense. I'm at a small REC center though so theirs usually no one on them.
Aren't glutes super important for trying to increase vertical as well? That seems pretty damn useful for a lot of athletes in their particular sport
I think having strong glutes is important for overall lower body strength but there is no reason to be doing squats and hip thrusts in the same workout especially when you add in lunges or literally any other accessory that has the glutes under tension. Its just a case of having junk volume, can you do them? Sure knock yourself out. Are they doing much else for you besides stroking ego and adding extra recovery and gym time? Not really.
I switched from bench to dumbbells nearly 5 years ago. Best thing I have ever done. Chest is strong and triceps get hit hard in same workout. More degrees of freedom and support muscles all develop. I can’t recommend it enough. Can still tear pec if you go too deep and heavy. I train heavy as well doing 4 sets of 55kg dumbbells (heavy for me), and you need to warm up into your higher range.
Great video, love seeing the bodybuilders
Barbell Hip Thrusts are definitely beneficial to a generation that sat around and obsessed over technology, video games and social media. I don't blame them; it's how they grew up.. I'm 33 and I played sports my whole life and I started lifting weights in High School. I see a lot of teens and young 20-year-olds in my gym with terrible posture and mobility issues. If you have weak glutes then do Hip Thrusts... I agree with all of the other things the guys in this video said about looking for an easier way to do a difficult exercise (I.e. Good Mornings).
The issue with Hip Thrusts is, it doesnt help with their hip shifts.
@@mista_ke No but it does strengthen the glutes which helps with lower back injuries and strengthens the lockout on Deadlifts and Squats. If you’re someone that lives/works a predominantly sedentary life you should include Hip Thrusts. I rotate them in my lower body training from time to time and I don’t go heavy on them. I do them more as a corrective/therapeutic exercise with higher reps.
12:58 Yes Antoine! A thick powerful core is awesome. It's funny seeing bodybuilders assuming everyone wants the same thing they do. I love sidebends mostly with a barbell, heavily inspired by Chinese weightlifters who do them often. Both with bar on the neck style, and holding one sleeve of the bar on the ground style. Anyone would agree they have extremely aesthetic looking torsos. And I have found the exercise to help with overhead stability for weightlifting.
They were asked on their expertise and Juji made a Video on it. Hilarious that this upsets people :D
Its his opinion
You're right, not everyone wants the same, but there's certain, traditional, biological features that MOST people find appealing, and therefore, seek.
Wide shoulders, narrower waist. V- taper.
You're working against that if you're doing the sidebends and developing your core. There's far, far better exercises for the core that doesn't built your side ab muscles along with it.
LOVE YOUR FUNNY PERSONALITY. Very funny.
Bladder program got me thanks Juji.
Woah, I love laying tricep skull crushers with the ez curl bar. BUT I lower the bar behind my head almost below the bench. Probably not the best for my rotator cuff :/.
Yeah probably too far lol JM press ?
Big Z - Literally the strongest man who ever lived does hip thrust and these punks call that exercise out, like are they on drugs or something?😂😂 Dude is ten times stronger than them all combined lol
They are bodybuilders though, not strength athletes, so what they do is going to be different since their goal isn't strength.
Comparing Big Z to bodybuilders is like comparing apples to oranges.
@@WhatIsItToBurn I would usually agree, however, this was not a video about bodybuilders airing about the worthiness of exercises for bodybuilding. The topic happens to be more broad allowing such a comparison to be made.
@@RumblyGL I was just about to say something along these lines like u can't say barbell bench and hip thrust are trash when NFL players and high high level athletes are doing them
They are all on drugs. Most, if not all pro-bodybuilders are lmao
@@blehwhatever4890 yep, literally all on drugs.
I'm so glad this video was made. Hilarious! What brand are the machines in this gym?
I have done the side leg press but on a machine press not plate loaded one and it works!
Without hip thrusts not only would I not be deadlifting anything, I would most likely be someone with multiple back surgeries. I only do them occasionally now because I maintain mobility with other exercises but I am going to post some vids of me doing them. New goal, 5 plate no pad hip thrust.
Juji pleeeease grow a mullet it would be the most anabolic mullet in the history of mullets!
He's almost bald on top so in about 2 years he'll just have a sick skullet.
I do hip thrusts with bands around my knees with really low weights and it feels like it hits really different. Great exercise!
Go heavier
When I played football we used the jammer press to help simulate blocking. Helped to maintain leverage and hand placement.
Well...so you thought lol
i loved this video!
What's your least favorite exercise in this vid and which one do you disagree with them on? 😁
@@jujimufu I agree on benching honestly. I don't have a good bench press and I don't really like doing it. I don't even feel it in my chest. I feel it in my triceps usually. I much prefer machines or dumbells where I can feel that squeeze and get the flex in at the top. Better mind muscle connection too imo.
the knees forward smith machine squat just kills me, and someone is ALWAYS doing it.
It’s not bad if you put your feet out and go atg, it really burns the quads
@@zaneyoshikawa-heilpern8523 IT'S GARBAGE, SAW IT THE OTHER DAY, 3 DUDES TAKING TURNS DOING IT..I DO FRONT SQUATS WITH FEET RIGHT UNDERNEATH ME, THE CORRECT WAY
@@leelunk8235 I do both, both are good
@@leelunk8235 yeah, just front squat or goblet squat.
@@ninjastrongman28 MUCH BETTER THAN A HEAVY BAR ON MY SPINE, I STOPPED THAT IN 2015
Feet out on the smith machine works well for people who want to isolate squats like a leg press but can’t / don’t want to use low back or hams
The part with you tricking into a pose was dope
11:14 it’s a completely valid exercise and is very important for deadlifts Seeing as when you cleaned your cheeks kind of brings your hips forward together in a very strong motion Because there’s actually some forward force that needs to be used in order to actually get a dead lift all the way up and part of that is thrusting you’ll notice this force is actually a lot more exasperated and dependent on people who are taller The hip the rest is an excellent exercise I humbly disagree with the idea that it’s bad it’s worth your time and your effort
When I added hip thrusts to the mix my glute activation skyrocketed. Also, do you guys never have your girl ride you? You don't just lay there doing nothing, having a little extra strength in that exact position is beneficial.
They have girls that weigh as much as a chihuahua and some of them can't afford to do any "cardio" so their answers should make more sense.
Fact is, the dude didn't even give any solid reason why it's a bad exercise. He just said "dudes with penises shouldn't do it". I'd assume it's some macho thing.
very useful information. When I started going to the gym i performed a lot of dumbbell side bends and only after o long period of time did a get to know that it is a trash exercise
Side bends are fine, they have no idea what they're talking about. They're good for building stronger obliques(side abs). Think teapot tipping though, going the opposite way is pointless and can put too much pressure on your shoulder.
The yell of the grizzly at the end boosted my test immediately
I agree with Lee priest 45 mins is a fucking myth lol I look way better when I train 1.5 hours in the gym every session. I'm natural and can recover just fine but if your doing crazy drop sets over and over then yeah the time will cut down. Most nattiea can't train more than 45mins because they believe it and also they eat like shit no nutrients at all and defo take a multivitamin or magnesium for better intensity.
I also think people misunderstand thinking professionals only for 1 session a day. 45 minutes isn't enough for a 24 hour block, but broken up into multiple instances it will Def need to add up to more than 45 minutes of work per day.
funny how they assume everyone at the gym has the same goals as them. side bends don't make your waist thinner therefore they're useless apparently? lmao
No, they were asked a very specific question and a lot of people get offended by their answers or have to point out that they dont agree with it. That's hilarious.
they're going with the assumption that most people don't want a wider waist. And seriously, are they wrong? Don't most people WANT A SMALLER waist? Broader, wider shoulders, the V taper?
i'm doing dumbell side bends to strengthen my core (among other exercises), not to lose fat or have a smaller waist
@0:44 I made a comment on Juji's first live stream about how Rich taught him the SHOOP AHHH, and here he is executing it flawlessly. Free +10 to strength
"chupa" which is a Portuguese word to "suck it"
I remember seeing someone doing pullovers in the leg curl machine and thought it was really nifty, so I tried it myself and had the exact same experience as Juji. It's actually not usable.
I simply didn't fit in the machine to do the actual movement, and when I finally got my shoulders lined up properly with the machine I'm hanging halfway off the machine, my head is in the way of the pad, one arm has no room to move, and the ROM I could actually achieve was laughable. I go back to the video and see the woman using it is tiny and she's lying entirely flat. So yeah, I think it's only for certain people on certain leg curl machines.
I think bench is solid compound movement, and it also is great accessory for overhead work as well. I do think it's worth including in your routine and pushing weight you wouldn't be able to otherwise from a standing or incline position. Also, hip thrusts are a solid movement for your posterior chain, people tend to overload the weight though. Gotta keep in mind these are bodybuilders
cringe
@@Puss1man solid argument
@@mushimash7513 lol yeah, perfect choice of words
I think I remember seeing Franco Columbu doing neck curls with the leg curl machine on a magazine (Muscle & Fitness or Men's Fitness) in the 90s.
Good job Juji! In your comparisons it shows you have gained about 12 pounds of stage weight! That is amazing progress. You made great gains in your calves and quads and hamstrings. Your back is looking sick bro. You added lots of mass in your width and thickness and that meat is showing better maturity. You will do well at the North Americans.
the only one I disagree with is the hip thrust. I was able to break through a deadlift plateau by incorporating them.
Yeah I kinda had to stop listening to what these guys said when two of them said that guys shouldn’t do hip thrusts. No disrespect to what these guys have done but just cause you think it’s effeminate doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. Check your ego dude.
I agree. Just because it doesn't work for them, or they do not feel the activation, does not mean they should look down on others or demean another persons attempts, trials, and training.
Yea like getting on a stage in thongs isn't effeminate already.
Funny cause hip thrusts are prolly the best exercise for hypertrophy and glute strength
I'm so happy I went back and finished the clip ☺
Would love to see a Lee and Juji irl collab! Much love you all!
Hip thrusts useless? When I had a knee injury I cut squats entirely for about 3 months, did extremely heavy hip thrusts, came back and my squat strength had increased an easy 20% within a week of getting back into the technique... From a bodybuilding perspective it was also probably the best improvement to my lower body visually I've ever made in such a time frame in my entire life and I've been lifting for 18 years...
Yeah they’re not useless i think his argument was just that there’s always a better exercise and if ur a guy it looks pretty sus. For a knee injury though i see wym it’s one of the few flute exercises that doesn’t touch ur knees
DEADLIFT IS GARBAGE, YOU CAN'T BUILD MUSCLE FROM IT AND WEAR AND TEAR OF THE SPINE FOR SURE, HIP THRUST IS GARBAGE TOO, STAND WITH FEET PARALLEL APART AND DO 15 TO 20 REPS BUTT SQUEEZES FOR 5 SETS, WORKS MUCH BETTER THAT THAT HIP THRUST CRAP
I got enourmous gains from doing Goodmornings on the hack or V- Squat. To be honest, I don't like the "real" one they call it. I think it's pritty useless to do it on the f*cking barbel. I feel nothing than just my lower back. When I do Good morning on the V- Squat I really feel my hamstirngs contract. Like I said, it was a f*cking game changer for me to do this exercise.
But to be honest I disargee on a lot of things of these priticalar bodybuilder on the video. They just don't have my vibe. I am more the Cutler, Warren, Fitzwater, Johnie O' Jackson kind of guy. They have a complete diffrent style öf training like these people. But of course I respect these bodybuilder and their achievement. Just not the guys I admire. (But I f*cking love Flex Lewis 😂)
and yeah I am not a pro. I am just a nutaral bodybuilder who trains for his own with a f*cking crazy mindset. 💪
Why not rdls or sldl instead to feel your hamstrings? Good mornings are meant to be used for erectors and mid-low back.
I have yet to try, but ive heard you get some good hamstring activation from sitting good mornings.
@@Hernan.r.r I do them too. Good mornings for me are not there to grow my lower back. I do them specific for the hams. Like I said I disagree with almost the whole video. I am very creative in creating new exercises to realy hit the fibers. Everybody has there own way to train. For example I do a Face pull on the pull down mashine. 'Cause when I do it on there I realy feel the rear delts isolated without hiting the traps. And you can go much heavier because you don't need to stabilize yourself. The one guy said something like: "Do the exercises that are meant to do on the mashines" And I totaly disagree. I think you need to be creative to realy get those gains for your own individual body type.