• Put a hip thrust pad on the smith machine bar at neck height. Put both arms over the bar and pull your feet off the ground.
    Pull your knees to your chest and flex your abs.
  • Lay flat on the ground. With your feet on the bar.
    Lift your hips off the ground.
  • Set up the Smith machine bar at an appropriate height.
    Lie on your back beneath the bar, gripping it with your hands.
    Engage your core, lift your upper body toward the bar, and exhale.
    Lower your upper body back down in a controlled manner, inhaling.