Best Glutes Workouts With Medicine Balls
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Medicine balls serve as an effective tool for enhancing fitness routines, particularly due to their versatility and functional advantages.
Weighted and sturdy, these balls can be used for resistance-based exercises similar to free weights and provide the unique capability for performing dynamic movements such as throws or smashes without harming your surroundings.
Targeting the glutes, a key muscle group located around the hips crucial for powering lower body movements, involves exercises like squats, deadlifts, and hip thrusts.
By integrating the medicine ball into these exercises, additional stability challenges and resistance enhance the workout experience.
Training the glutes using a medicine ball provides meaningful engagement for muscle health and strength development in the buttock region.
Workout 1
Glutes
Forward Lunge with Twist
17reps35lbs27reps35lbs37reps35lbs
Single Leg Glute Bridge and Squeeze
110reps5lbs210reps5lbs310reps5lbs
Medicine Ball Hip Thrusts
18reps35lbs28reps35lbs38reps35lbs
Medicine Ball Glute Bridge
11:0020lbs21:0020lbs31:0020lbs
Medicine Ball Curtsy Lunge
15reps40lbs25reps40lbs
Medicine Ball Reverse Lunge
15reps40lbs25reps40lbs
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1. Forward Lunge with Twist
SETS LOGGED214,448Glutes Strength85 mScoreGlutes
Stability (Swiss) Ball
Medicine BallsThe Forward Lunge with Twist is a variation of the lunge that strengthens your quads, glutes, and hamstrings while adding core stability. By holding a medicine ball and twisting, you enhance the effectiveness of the standard lunge for a better workout.
How to do it
The Forward Lunge with Twist is a variation of the lunge that strengthens your quads, glutes, and hamstrings while adding core stability. By holding a medicine ball and twisting, you enhance the effectiveness of the standard lunge for a better workout.
2. Single Leg Glute Bridge and Squeeze
SETS LOGGED15,952Glutes Strength82 mScoreGlutesMedicine BallsThe Single Leg Glute Bridge and Squeeze is a great exercise for strengthening your glutes and core. Using a medicine ball helps improve balance and engage your muscles more effectively, making it an excellent addition to any lower-body workout.
How to do it
The Single Leg Glute Bridge and Squeeze is a great exercise for strengthening your glutes and core. Using a medicine ball helps improve balance and engage your muscles more effectively, making it an excellent addition to any lower-body workout.
3. Medicine Ball Hip Thrusts
SETS LOGGED124,230Glutes Strength94 mScoreGlutesMedicine BallsMedicine Ball Hip Thrusts are an advanced version of the standard hip thrust, using a medicine ball for added resistance. This exercise targets your glutes and hamstrings, making it a great way to strengthen your lower body.
How to do it
Medicine Ball Hip Thrusts are an advanced version of the standard hip thrust, using a medicine ball for added resistance. This exercise targets your glutes and hamstrings, making it a great way to strengthen your lower body.
Sets, Reps, Weight18reps17.5lbs28reps17.5lbs38reps17.5lbs4. Medicine Ball Glute Bridge
SETS LOGGED83,377Glutes Strength82 mScoreGlutesMedicine BallsThe Medicine Ball Glute Bridge is a modified version of the glute bridge that uses a medicine ball either on your hips or under your feet. It strengthens your glutes, hamstrings, and core while improving balance and stability.
How to do it
The Medicine Ball Glute Bridge is a modified version of the glute bridge that uses a medicine ball either on your hips or under your feet. It strengthens your glutes, hamstrings, and core while improving balance and stability.
5. Medicine Ball Curtsy Lunge
SETS LOGGED31,833Glutes Strength93 mScoreGlutesMedicine BallsThe Medicine Ball Curtsy Lunge is a weighted exercise that targets your glutes while also engaging your legs. By using a medicine ball, you add extra resistance, making it more challenging than a regular lunge.
How to do it
The Medicine Ball Curtsy Lunge is a weighted exercise that targets your glutes while also engaging your legs. By using a medicine ball, you add extra resistance, making it more challenging than a regular lunge.
Sets, Reps, Weight18reps12.5lbs28reps12.5lbs38reps12.5lbs6. Medicine Ball Reverse Lunge
SETS LOGGED34,078Glutes Strength91 mScoreGlutesMedicine BallsThe Medicine Ball Reverse Lunge is a lower body exercise that uses a medicine ball for added weight. It primarily targets your glutes, hamstrings, and quads while stepping back into the lunge position. This variation helps strengthen your legs and improve balance.
How to do it
The Medicine Ball Reverse Lunge is a lower body exercise that uses a medicine ball for added weight. It primarily targets your glutes, hamstrings, and quads while stepping back into the lunge position. This variation helps strengthen your legs and improve balance.
Sets, Reps, Weight18reps12.5lbs28reps12.5lbs38reps12.5lbs
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