Hip thrust and back squat training elicit similar gluteus muscle hypertrophy and transfer similarly to the deadlift.
Daniel L PlotkinMerlina A RodasAndrew D VigotskyMason C McIntoshEmma BreezeRachel UbrikCole RobitzschAnthony Agyin-BirikorangMadison L MattinglyJ Max MichelNicholas J KontosAndrew D FrugéChristopher M WilburnWendi H WeimarAdil BashirRonald J BeyersMenno HenselmansBret M ContrerasMichael D RobertsPublished in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2023)
Nine weeks of squat versus hip thrust training elicited similar gluteal hypertrophy, greater thigh hypertrophy in SQ, strength increases that favored exercise allocation, and similar strength transfers to the deadlift and wall push.