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Single Leg Glute Bridge

How to do the Single Leg Glute Bridge with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

IsolationBody OnlyBeginnerPush
Primary muscles

Glutes

Secondary

Hamstrings

Equipment

Body Only

Step by step

How to do the Single Leg Glute Bridge

  1. 1

    Lay on the floor with your feet flat and knees bent.

  2. 2

    Raise one leg off of the ground, pulling the knee to your chest. This will be your starting position.

  3. 3

    Execute the movement by driving through the heel, extending your hip upward and raising your glutes off of the ground.

  4. 4

    Extend as far as possible, pause and then return to the starting position.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every Single Leg Glute Bridge set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your glutes volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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