Highlights

• The R8 Hip Thrust Pad is a surprisingly versatile accessory that will add a variety of options to your power rack.
• It is a rack-mounted bench on which you can sit, stand, lean or lie down to perform various exercises using dumbbells, kettlebells or your body weight.
• It was primarily designed for hip thrusts to strengthen your back leg muscles, your entire buttocks and also the lower back muscles.
• The pad can support up to 550kg, weighs 15kg itself and is made of alloyed steel.
• The durable and ergonomically shaped padding guarantees safety and comfort during exercises at all times.
• Designed with a locking pin system for quick and secure locking.
• Additional handles make it more comfortable to use, so you can easily attach it to any desired position on your power rack.
• After training, the bench can be easily dismantled and stored away.
• The compact design is suitable for home gyms as well as personal trainers and professional athletes.

Functional exercise variety

• You can use the pad like a plyo box to perform box jumps, step-ups, box squats, pistol squats, as well as incline and decline box push-ups, tricep dips, preacher curls, decline mountain climbers, elevated lunges or side planks.
• It also offers the possibility for even more efficient dumbbell pullovers, because your thoracic spine is given pronounced support by the pad, your chest is expanded and the training stimulus is maximized.
• You can do glute bridges and single leg glute ham raises just as well as one of the most efficient leg exercises: Bulgarian split squats.
• It serves as a seat for calf exercises on your R8 Smith multi-press or lat pull-down variations on the R8 Alpha or R8 Bradley.
• On the R8 Alpha, the pad can even be used as a bench for unilateral leg extensions.
• Core stabilization exercises, such as abdominal muscle training while sitting with raised legs, are also possible.
• Since the pad can be mounted at the entire height of the power rack, it is even suitable for "stone loading exercises" in which you lift a wall ball or power bag from the floor onto the raised pad.

Hip Thrusts

• However, the pad was specially developed for hip thrusts.
• This is a very effective exercise for training the hamstrings, but also the glutes and quadriceps muscles and the lower back.
• In this movement, the weight is placed across the pelvis, the athlete lies on the floor with bent legs and the shoulders on the raised pad.
• A vertical hip thrust moves the weight upwards until there is almost a straight line between the knees and the shoulder blades, with the pad providing the lever.
• Hip thrusts place far less strain on the spine than traditional barbell squats, making them an excellent option for rehabilitation.
• This exercise ensures a balance between the abdominal and gluteal muscles, as well as the leg extensors and leg flexors.
• This can help prevent injuries or reduce lower back pain.
• Another benefit of the hip thrust is to improve explosiveness, so you can increase your speed or jumping power and optimize your performance in squats or deadlifts.