A weighted exercise performed with the upper back resting on a bench, driving the hips upward against resistance (usually a barbell) to primarily target the gluteus maximus muscle.
Compound from 'hip' (Old English 'hype') and 'thrust' (Old Norse 'thrysta' meaning to push forcefully). The modern barbell hip thrust was developed and popularized by Bret Contreras in the 2000s, though similar movements existed in various cultures' traditional exercises.
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