[Podcast] Squats vs Hip Thrusts for Booty Gains and Performance

Which exercise is better for building your glutes and quadriceps, the barbell squat or the hip thrust? And which is better for improving your jumping and sprinting performance?

Today, we’re discussing a new study that looked into these questions. And we follow that up by answering the following listener questions on hip thrusts versus squats:

• Why do training discussions always seem to be either or, never both?
• If I’m only gonna do one of them for a big beautiful butt, which one?
• Is it productive to do both in the same workout?
• I don’t like hip thrusts. What is the best foot position to make squats hit the glutes more?
• My coach programs squat myo-reps sets, (30 reps @ 70% 1RM). How can I get her to stop?

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This is episode 34 of the podcast. Check out the five previous episodes below:

• Episode 33: Get Big to Get Strong
• Episode 32: Is More Training Always Better?
• Episode 31: How Long Can You Be in a Caloric Deficit? Mailbag!
• Episode 30: Build Muscle While Losing Fat!
• Episode 29: How Often Should You Change Exercises?

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