Regularly performing hip thrust will help you to improve your strength speed power and help teach you how to perform optimal hip extension.
Smith machine hip extension.
Many lifters will prefer the smith machine.
The smith machine hip thrust is a compound multi joint exercise.
Prone hip extension is a great squeeze on the glute through deep hip extension.
Read me bootybuilding hipthrusts howto in this video clip i demonstrate how to do a barbell hip thrust on the smith.
The smith machine hip thrust is done similarly to the barbell hip thrust with the exception that the bar is on a guided track rather than free weights.
Adjust the smith machine bar so you can assume the starting position on all fours under and in front of it with the arch of your foot on the underside of the bar and your working leg s thigh.