Legs · Leverage Machine
Leverage Machine Hip Thrust
How to do the leverage machine hip thrust, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Hinge
- Mechanic
- Compound
See it in motion
How to do it
Position yourself on a glute drive machine, with your shoulders against the pad and feet flat. Drive through your heels to lift your hips, fully contracting the glutes at the top.
- 1Feel your glutes firing as you drive your hips upward against the machine's pad
- 2Keep your feet planted and knees at roughly 90 degrees for optimal engagement
- 3Squeeze your glutes at the top and pause before lowering
Common mistakes
- Avoid arching your lower back; maintain a neutral spine
- Don't push through your toes; press through heels
- Avoid letting your knees flare out or caving inward
Muscles worked
The leverage machine hip thrust mainly works the glutes, with the hamstrings, lower back, and quads assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- HamstringsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- QuadsSupport
- Upper AbsMinor
Kovo programs the leverage machine hip thrust for you and tracks it every session.
The AI builds your whole program, drops the right lifts into each workout, and adjusts your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
More glutes exercises
- How to do the barbell hip thrust
- How to do the cable kickbacks
- How to do the curtsy lunge
- How to do the barbell deadlift
- How to do the resistance band glute bridges
- How to do the machine hip abduction
Last reviewed April 2026.