In my travels I’ve noticed that many gyms have newly purchased hip-thruster machines that are supposed to be the latest and best way to build your glutes, but I disagree.
The butt-blaster machine I’m using in this video completely wrecks my butt, isolates it highly efficiently, and leaves me unable to sit on the toilet without screaming for two days. The hip thruster on the other hand, despite my trying it every which-way, hits my glutes not nearly as much while adversely affecting my lower back and hips.
I’ve said in the past that there’s no such thing as a bad gym machine, just people using them with bad form, but I might take that back. There’s no way I can isolate my glutes on a hip-thruster machine as effectively as I can on the style of butt-blaster seen in my video.
Fitness fads are successful in the short term because everyone wants to believe there’s some newly discovered magic in new technology, when in fact there’s not, whether it be hip thrusters, Pelaton or other brands that require a monthly subscription for “personal” training, a FitBit, or other machine or monitoring device.
Perhaps a Pelaton appeals to some who do not like the idea of a gym membership, but as far as efficiency goes, old school—meaning the ongoing challenging each muscle group using proper form—is the bedrock to building strength, bone and muscle.
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