We often see people stopping just before full hip extension in glute bridges. The glute muscles are hip extensors, so our goal on glute bridges is to achieve neutral hip extension using the glutes (aka where your knee, hip, and shoulder are in a straight line). When you lift all the way up, your glute muscle fibers go from lengthened position to a fully shortened position. If you’re stopping just shy of neutral, you’re not getting the full contraction and you're missing an opportunity to work on
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We often see people stopping just before full hip extension in glute bridges. The glute muscles are hip extensors, so our goal on glute bridges is to achieve neutral hip extension using the glutes (aka where your knee, hip, and shoulder are in a straight line). When you lift all the way up, your glute muscle fibers go from lengthened position to a fully shortened position. If you’re stopping just shy of neutral, you’re not getting the full contraction and you're missing an opportunity to work on
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