Glutes Exercises

Browse illustrated glutes exercises. Every movement is shown with a picture, the muscles it works, the equipment you need, and how to perform it. Filter further by equipment or level once you find the muscle group you want to train.

Showing 48 of 220 glutes exercises.

Illustrated guide to the Alternate Lunge Jumpers exercise

Alternate Lunge Jumpers

Explosive jumping lunge with mid-air leg switch — a conditioning staple that hammers the quads and …

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Ballet Ice Skaters exercise

Ballet Ice Skaters

Lateral skating bound from foot to foot — a low-impact conditioning drill that builds single-leg po…

Beginner
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Back Squats exercise

Barbell Back Squats

The cornerstone barbell squat — high-bar or low-bar back placement, knees and hips flexing together…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Bulgarian Split Squat exercise

Barbell Bulgarian Split Squat

Loaded rear-foot-elevated split squat with the barbell on the back — punishing single-leg quad and …

Advanced
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Clean and Jerk exercise

Barbell Clean and Jerk

The full two-part Olympic lift: explode the bar to the shoulders, then drive it overhead — the gold…

Elite
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Deadlift exercise

Barbell Deadlift

The conventional barbell deadlift — pull a loaded bar from the floor to lockout, hips and shoulders…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Front Squat exercise

Barbell Front Squat

Front-rack barbell squat with the bar across the shoulders — demands an upright torso, brutal for t…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Good Morning exercise

Barbell Good Morning

Hip-hinge with a barbell on the back — direct work for the hamstrings, glutes, and spinal erectors.…

Foundation
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Hang Power Clean exercise

Barbell Hang Power Clean

Hip-driven pull from the hang to a high front-rack catch in a quarter-squat — power above parallel,…

Elite
Illustrated guide to the Barbell High Pull exercise

Barbell High Pull

An explosive pull that drives the barbell from the hips to chest height, building traps, upper back…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Hip Thrusters exercise

Barbell Hip Thrusters

Loaded barbell hip thrust — the most direct heavy-load exercise for the glutes, with hip extension …

Advanced
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Landmine Roman Dead Lift exercise

Barbell Landmine Roman Dead Lift

Hinge with a landmine barbell held at chest — the angled load path makes this a forgiving introduct…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Landmine Squat exercise

Barbell Landmine Squat

Goblet-style squat holding the end of a landmine bar at chest height — the angled path keeps the to…

Advanced
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Muscle Clean exercise

Barbell Muscle Clean

Strict pull from hang or floor to the front rack with no drop under the bar — slower, more honest, …

Elite
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Muscle Snatch exercise

Barbell Muscle Snatch

A snatch taken to overhead with no re-bend of the knees, building pulling power, turnover speed and…

Advanced
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Power Clean exercise

Barbell Power Clean

Olympic clean from the floor with a high front-rack catch in a quarter-squat — the classic athletic…

Elite
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Power Snatch exercise

Barbell Power Snatch

A snatch caught above a quarter-squat, prioritising bar speed and explosive power over the depth of…

Elite
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Rack Pull exercise

Barbell Rack Pull

A partial deadlift from pins set near knee height, overloading the lockout and the posterior chain …

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Reverse Lunge exercise

Barbell Reverse Lunge

Backward-stepping lunge with a barbell on the back — generally easier on the knees than forward lun…

Advanced
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Romanian Deadlift exercise

Barbell Romanian Deadlift

A hip-hinge from the top down that loads the hamstrings and glutes through a deep stretch while the…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Single Leg Hip Thrust exercise

Barbell Single Leg Hip Thrust

Loaded single-leg hip thrust — exposes side-to-side glute strength differences and builds heavy hip…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Snatch Grip Deadlift exercise

Barbell Snatch Grip Deadlift

A deadlift pulled with a wide snatch grip, increasing the range and hammering the upper back, traps…

Advanced
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Split Clean exercise

Barbell Split Clean

A clean received in a split stance rather than a squat — an old-school variation that suits limited…

Elite
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Split Jerk exercise

Barbell Split Jerk

The heaviest overhead lift — drive the bar up and split the feet to receive it locked overhead in a…

Elite
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Split Snatch exercise

Barbell Split Snatch

A snatch received in a split stance instead of an overhead squat — a classic style for limited squa…

Elite
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Squat Clean exercise

Barbell Squat Clean

Full Olympic squat clean — bar from floor to front rack with a deep squat catch, the most loadable …

Elite
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Squat Jerk exercise

Barbell Squat Jerk

An advanced jerk caught in a deep overhead squat — maximal mobility and overhead stability required.

Elite
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Squat Snatch exercise

Barbell Squat Snatch

The full competition snatch — pull the bar from floor to overhead and receive it in a deep overhead…

Elite
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Stiff-Leg Deadlift exercise

Barbell Stiff-Leg Deadlift

A deadlift with near-straight legs that maximises hamstring stretch and posterior-chain tension fro…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Sumo Deadlift exercise

Barbell Sumo Deadlift

Wide-stance deadlift with the hands inside the legs — shorter pull, more quad and adductor involvem…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Sumo Squat exercise

Barbell Sumo Squat

Wide-stance back squat with toes turned out — emphasizes the adductors and glutes through a more ab…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Thruster exercise

Barbell Thruster

A front squat flowing straight into an overhead press — a brutally efficient full-body builder and …

Advanced
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Zercher Squat exercise

Barbell Zercher Squat

Squat with a barbell held in the crooks of the elbows — brutally upright torso position, devastatin…

Advanced
Illustrated guide to the Barbell Zombie Squats exercise

Barbell Zombie Squats

Front squat with the arms held straight forward and the bar balanced on the shoulders — no hands on…

Advanced
Illustrated guide to the Battle Ropes Jump Squat Waves exercise

Battle Ropes Jump Squat Waves

A relentless cardio drill pairing continuous rope waves with repeated jump squats so the legs, lung…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Battle Ropes Kneeling to Standing Waves exercise

Battle Ropes Kneeling to Standing Waves

The shoulders keep the waves alive while you transition down to kneeling and back up, adding a leg …

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Battle Ropes Reverse Lunge exercise

Battle Ropes Reverse Lunge

Alternating reverse lunges driven by the quads and glutes while the shoulders keep the ropes waving…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Battle Ropes Side Lunge Waves exercise

Battle Ropes Side Lunge Waves

Lateral lunges side to side that load the quads and adductors while the shoulders keep the ropes wa…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Battle Ropes Side to Side Jumps exercise

Battle Ropes Side to Side Jumps

Lateral skater hops side to side while the ropes keep moving, blending explosive frontal-plane powe…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Battle Ropes Split Jack Waves exercise

Battle Ropes Split Jack Waves

Scissor jumps switching the lead foot while the ropes keep waving, a high-tempo split-stance drill …

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Battle Ropes Squat Waves exercise

Battle Ropes Squat Waves

The shoulders keep the waves alive while you hold or pulse a squat, adding a steady quad and glute …

Foundation
Illustrated guide to the Battle Ropes Thrusters exercise

Battle Ropes Thrusters

A rope thruster chaining a squat into an overhead rope drive, linking the quads and glutes to the s…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the Body Weight Squats exercise

Body Weight Squats

Unloaded bodyweight squat — the fundamental human movement pattern that builds quad and hip mobilit…

Beginner
Illustrated guide to the BOSU Bird Dog exercise

BOSU Bird Dog

A bird dog with hands or knees on the BOSU dome, training the core to resist rotation while the opp…

Foundation
Illustrated guide to the BOSU Chest Press with Weights exercise

BOSU Chest Press with Weights

A dumbbell chest press performed with the upper back on the BOSU dome, building the chest while the…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the BOSU Froggers exercise

BOSU Froggers

An explosive frogger, hopping the feet from a plank up toward the hands on the BOSU, blending cardi…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the BOSU Lateral Lunge exercise

BOSU Lateral Lunge

A side lunge stepping onto or off the BOSU dome, loading the quads and glutes through the frontal p…

Intermediate
Illustrated guide to the BOSU Lunge exercise

BOSU Lunge

A forward or reverse lunge with one foot on the BOSU dome, building single-leg strength while the u…

Intermediate