Ranking

Best glutes exercises

Exercises where glutes are a main mover, best muscle growth rating first, with more weight on ratings several sources agree on. Growth per unit of fatigue and injury risk are shown when rated.

  1. 1Smith machine front-foot-elevated lunge, start positionSmith machine front-foot-elevated lungeLungeSmith machine
    Growth
    4.8 5 sources
  2. 2Barbell back squat, start positionBarbell back squatSquatBarbell
    Growth
    4.4 5 sources
    Worth the fatigue
    2.0 2 sources
    Injury risk
    3.0 4 sources
  3. 3Bulgarian split squat, start positionBulgarian split squatLungeDumbbells
    Growth
    4.3 4 sources
  4. 4Walking lunge, start positionWalking lungeLungeDumbbells
    Growth
    4.3 4 sources
  5. 545-degree back extension, start position45-degree back extensionHingeHyperextension bench
    Growth
    4.3 3 sources
    Injury risk
    2.0 2 sources
  6. 6Smith machine squat, start positionSmith machine squatSquatSmith machine
    Growth
    4.5 2 sources
    Worth the fatigue
    4.0 1 source
    Injury risk
    3.0 2 sources
  7. 7Romanian deadlift, start positionRomanian deadliftHingeBarbell
    Growth
    4.0 5 sources
    Injury risk
    3.0 1 source
  8. 8Barbell hip thrust, start positionBarbell hip thrustHip extensionBarbell
    Growth
    3.8 5 sources
    Worth the fatigue
    3.5 2 sources
  9. 9Barbell sumo squat, start positionBarbell sumo squatSquatBarbell
    Growth
    4.0 2 sources
  10. 10Machine hip abduction, start positionMachine hip abductionHip abductionHip abductor machine
    Growth
    4.0 2 sources
  11. 11Barbell low-bar squat, start positionBarbell low-bar squatSquatBarbell
    Growth
    4.0 1 source
    Worth the fatigue
    2.0 1 source
  12. 12Barbell walking lunge, start positionBarbell walking lungeLungeBarbell
    Growth
    4.0 1 source
  13. 13Deficit deadlift, start positionDeficit deadliftHingeBarbell
    Growth
    4.0 1 source
  14. 14Dumbbell single-leg Romanian deadlift, start positionDumbbell single-leg Romanian deadliftHingeDumbbells
    Growth
    4.0 1 source
    Injury risk
    2.0 1 source
  15. 15Machine multi-hip, start positionMachine multi-hipHip extensionMulti-hip machine
    Growth
    4.0 1 source
  16. 16Side-lying hip raise, start positionSide-lying hip raiseHip abductionNo equipment
    Growth
    4.0 1 source
  17. 17Smith machine lunge, start positionSmith machine lungeLungeSmith machine
    Growth
    4.0 1 source
  18. 18Snatch-grip deficit deadlift, start positionSnatch-grip deficit deadliftHingeBarbell
    Growth
    4.0 1 source
  19. 19Single-leg dumbbell hip thrust, start positionSingle-leg dumbbell hip thrustHip extensionDumbbells
    Growth
    3.5 2 sources
  20. 20Barbell deadlift, start positionBarbell deadliftHingeBarbell
    Growth
    3.0 5 sources
    Worth the fatigue
    2.0 2 sources
    Injury risk
    3.5 2 sources
  21. 21Machine glute kickback, start positionMachine glute kickbackHip extensionGlute kickback machine
    Growth
    3.0 2 sources
  22. 22Machine hip thrust, start positionMachine hip thrustHip extensionHip thrust machine
    Growth
    3.0 2 sources
  23. 23Step-up, start positionStep-upLungeDumbbells
    Growth
    3.0 2 sources
  24. 24Barbell sumo deadlift, start positionBarbell sumo deadliftHingeBarbell
    Growth
    3.0 1 source
    Worth the fatigue
    2.0 1 source
  25. 25Cable hip abduction, start positionCable hip abductionHip abductionCable
    Growth
    3.0 1 source
  26. 26Cable pull-through, start positionCable pull-throughHingeCable
    Growth
    3.0 1 source
  27. 27Curtsy lunge, start positionCurtsy lungeLungeDumbbells
    Growth
    3.0 1 source
  28. 28Deficit reverse lunge, start positionDeficit reverse lungeLungeDumbbells
    Growth
    3.0 1 source
  29. 29Glute bridge, start positionGlute bridgeHip extensionNo equipment
    Growth
    3.0 1 source
  30. 30Goblet squat, start positionGoblet squatSquatDumbbells
    Growth
    3.0 1 source
  31. 31Reverse hyperextension, start positionReverse hyperextensionHip extensionReverse hyper machine
    Growth
    3.0 1 source
  32. 32Seated banded hip abduction, start positionSeated banded hip abductionHip abductionBand
    Growth
    3.0 1 source
  33. 33Banded lateral walk, start positionBanded lateral walkHip abductionBand
    Growth
    2.0 1 source
  34. 34Frog pump, start positionFrog pumpHip extensionNo equipment
    Growth
    2.0 1 source
  35. 35Barbell rack pull, start positionBarbell rack pullHingeBarbell
    Growth
    2.3 3 sources
    Injury risk
    2.0 1 source
  36. 36BOSU ball lunge, start positionBOSU ball lungeLungeBOSU ball
    Growth
    1.0 1 source
  37. 37Donkey kick, start positionDonkey kickHip extensionNo equipment
    Growth
    1.0 1 source
  38. 38Fire hydrant, start positionFire hydrantHip abductionNo equipment
    Growth
    1.0 1 source
  39. 39Kettlebell swing, start positionKettlebell swingHingeKettlebell
    Growth
    1.0 2 sources

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