Glutes
Largest and strongest muscle in the body. Three muscles, only one is hit by squats alone.
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Exercises that hit the glute max.
Exercises
14 that hit glute max directly.
Showing only exercises whose primary-muscle parts include the glute max. Show all 45.
Frog Pump
A surprisingly intense direct glute burn for an exercise that looks like nothing.
Glute Bridge
Glute squeeze you can dial in once you've felt it - then everything else makes sense.
Cable Glute Kickback
Pure single-glute pump - easiest exercise to feel the glute working.
Kas Glute Bridge
Top-of-the-rep glute squeeze for 15+ reps; you'll be sore in places you didn't know existed.
Reverse Lunge
Front-leg glute and quad. Easier on the knees than a forward lunge.
Lateral Lunge
A deep stretch through the inner thigh of the straight leg, with the bent-side glute and quad doing the work.
Cable Pull-through
Same hinge pattern as an RDL, with constant glute tension at the top.
Broad Jump
Maximum hip extension power converted into horizontal distance — the legs and hips, not the arms, create the projection.
Barbell Hip Thrust
A glute squeeze you'll feel for the next two days.
Walking Lunge
Front-leg glute and quad doing the work; deep stretch on the back leg's hip flexor.
Kettlebell Swing
Glute and hamstring slam at the top of every rep; lungs cooked by rep 20.
Single-leg Hip Thrust
One glute screaming; the other one watching.
B-stance Romanian Deadlift
Single-leg work without the balance frustration.
Box Jump
An explosive burst of hip extension, then a controlled soft landing that catches your own force.
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