Glute Exercise Animations

A squat holding a kettlebell by the horns at chest height, which keeps the torso upright through full depth.

A bench-supported hip thrust loaded with a kettlebell on the hips — the home-friendly answer to the barbell version.

A kettlebell hinge that loads the hamstrings, glutes, and lower back through a slow, controlled stretch.

A wide-stance kettlebell deadlift that loads the glutes, quads, and lower back from a tall, upright torso.

The defining kettlebell exercise — an explosive hip hinge that swings the bell to chest height for power and conditioning.

A two-kettlebell front squat into an overhead press that trains the legs, shoulders, and lungs in one combined movement.

Full-body sequence from lying to standing and back while holding a kettlebell locked out overhead.

A traveling lunge with a kettlebell hanging in each hand, loading the front quad while you walk the next step through.

A Romanian deadlift in a kickstand stance, with the rear toe down for balance and the front leg taking the load.

A side-view front-to-back leg swing, one hand on a wall, taking the working hip through flexion and extension.

Sustained treadmill running at an easy, repeatable pace, the aerobic base session of any endurance plan.

A split-stance lunge held in a sprinter posture, pulsing in place with opposite-arm drive and no jump switch.

A seated selectorized extension that presses the torso back into a roller pad to train the spinal erectors.

A machine squat with the back braced on an angled sled, keeping load on the quads with no balance demand.

A seated machine isolation that presses the pads outward, loading the lateral hip through hip abduction.

A seated machine isolation that squeezes the pads together, loading the inner thigh through hip adduction.

A seated machine hip thrust loading hip extension through a lap pad, with the glutes under tension throughout.

A seated leg press with a horizontal sled, pressing the plate away from a deep knee bend under back support.

A seated leg press that loads the quads and glutes through a guided press — the heavy-load alternative to the back squat.

A dumbbell complex that chains a push-up, two renegade rows, a squat clean and an overhead press into one rep.

A kneeling bodyweight curl where the hamstrings resist the whole body lowering toward the floor under eccentric control.

A rear-foot-elevated split squat with a barbell on the back, descending on the front leg until the thigh is near parallel.

A bodyweight squat held still at the bottom, removing the bounce so the legs restart from a dead stop.

A machine squat on a counterbalanced arc, keeping the torso supported while the quads work through deep range.