Exercises · Glutes

Single Leg Glute Bridge

Single Leg Glute Bridge is a beginner-friendly isolation exercise for the glutes that needs no equipment. Step-by-step instructions are below; the plain-English guide, common mistakes and sets and reps ranges for this page are still being written.

• Primary musclesGlutes
• Secondary musclesHamstrings
• EquipmentBodyweight
• LevelBeginner · isolation

How to do it

1. Lay on the floor with your feet flat and knees bent.
2. Raise one leg off of the ground, pulling the knee to your chest. This will be your starting position.
3. Execute the movement by driving through the heel, extending your hip upward and raising your glutes off of the ground.
4. Extend as far as possible, pause and then return to the starting position.

In the app: this exercise is one of 873 in GymPilot's library, with the same photos, form cues and a link back to the moment in an imported video it came from.