Glute School

Technique, planning, and product sense. The jokes can wait until the cue is clear.

• Glute Training Guides

  How to Train Your Glutes Without Turning It Into a Circus

  A practical guide to glute training: which movements matter, how often to do them, and how to progress without collecting random exercises.

• Exercise Comparisons

  Hip Thrusts Versus Glute Bridges

  Both train hip extension. The bench, the load, and the range are different. Here is how to choose without pretending one cancels the other.

• Workout Planning

  A Beginner Glute Workout You Can Finish

  One session, five exercises, and the reasons each one is there. Use it once, then let a program take over so you are not improvising forever.

• Glute Training Guides

  Progressive Overload for Glutes, Without the Fairy Tale

  How to make glute training harder on purpose: reps, load, range, and rest. Plus the things that are not progress.

• Product Guides

  How to Choose Resistance Bands for Glute Training

  Fabric, latex, long bands, and mini bands do different jobs. Here is what to buy first, and what the affiliate links on this site do and do not mean.

• Workout Planning

  Recovery for Glute Training

  What to do between glute sessions: rest days, soreness, sleep, and the difference between muscle effort and a problem.

• Exercise Comparisons

  Squats Versus Lunges

  Squats load both legs together. Lunges and split squats make each leg own the rep. Most people should keep both.

• Workout Planning

  A Home Glute Workout That Uses the Furniture

  How to train glutes at home with a band, a mat, and a couch that does not slide across the room.