Glute training off the smith machine kicks ass. There are so many good exercises you can do off of it. Please don’t listen to trainers and coaches who bash the smith machine. I can assure you that they haven’t experimented with it like we have at Glute Lab.

Free weights will always reign supreme, but machines are awesome as well. Here are 30 awesome glute exercises to do using the smith machine.

Shout out to Coach Ashley Hodge for demo’ing all the exercises!

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