The main difference is that you perform a glute bridge on the floor, whereas you perform a hip thrust with your upper back and shoulders elevated, leaning on a bench with your feet on the ground.

Like a glute bridge, a hip thrust targets the glutes. "It involves sitting on the ground with the upper back against a bench and feet flat on the floor," Julom explains. "A barbell or other weight ...

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“A glute bridge is great for beginners because they ... than the more advanced hip thrust (in which your back is on a bench, rather than the floor). But that isn’t necessarily a bad thing ...