R8 Hip Thrusters Pad

Primarily designed for "Hip Thrusts" to strengthen your posterior leg muscles

• The R8 Hip Thrust Pad is a surprisingly versatile accessory that will expand your Power Rack with a wide range of options
• It is a rack-mounted bench on which you can sit, stand, lean, or lie to perform various exercises with dumbbells, Kettlebells or your own body weight
  
• The pad has a load capacity of up to 1,200 lb, weighs 35 lb itself and is made of alloy steel
• The durable, ergonomically shaped padding guarantees safety and comfort during exercises at all times
• Designed with a pin system for quick and secure locking
• Additional handles make handling more pleasant, so you can easily attach it at any desired position on your Power Rack
• After training, the bench is just as easy to detach and store
• The compact design is suitable for garage 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, triceps dips, preacher curls, decline mountain climbers, elevated lunges or side planks
• It also offers the option for even more efficient dumbbell pullovers, because your thoracic spine is prominently supported by the pad, your chest is expanded and the training stimulus maximized
• You can do glute bridges and single-leg glute-ham raises on it 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 Machine or lat pulldown variations on the R8 Alpha or R8 Bradley
• On the R8 Alpha, the pad can even be used as a seat bench for unilateral leg extensions
• Core stabilization exercises, such as seated abdominal training with raised legs, are also possible with it
• Since the pad can be mounted at any 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 elevated pad

Hip Thrusts

• The pad was, however, specially developed for hip thrusts ("hip drives")
• This is a very effective exercise for training the hamstrings, but also the glute 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, shoulders on the elevated pad
• Through a vertical hip drive, the weight is moved upward until an almost straight line forms between the knees and the shoulder blades, with the padding acting as the pivot
• Hip thrusts put far less strain on the spine than conventional barbell squats, making them an excellent option in rehabilitation as well
• This exercise ensures a balanced ratio between abdominal and glute muscles, as well as quadriceps and hamstrings
• This helps prevent injuries or reduce lower back discomfort
• Another benefit of the hip thrust is improving explosiveness, so you can increase your speed or jumping power and optimize your performance in squats or deadlifts

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