The Glute Drive does double duty: it targets your gluteal muscles while also extending your hip flexors. You may know this movement as a “hip bridge.” Lying on your back, knees bent and feet on ground in line with your hips, raise your hips by squeezing your glutes, until your shoulder, hip and knee joints are in alignment.
Why is this exercise important? When you walk properly, the back of your leg will naturally execute hip extension through gluteal contraction. But due to sedentary lifestyles, work habits (sitting!), and poor posture, many of us walk without ever fully extending our hips. In turn, the glute muscles are underworked, and we end up with a series of painful overcompensation problems like knee, hip, and low back pain.
Thankfully, the Nautilus Glute Drive safely targets your glutes. Building power through a strong hip bridge motion, the Glute Drive creates defined glutes while improving hip and core stability. The Glute Drive gives you the full benefits of the hip thrust exercise, simply, safely, and with good form.