The main purpose of this exercise is to maintain and strengthen the gluteal muscles, which play a particularly important role in performing our most basic actions, such as: walking, running, using the stairs and any activity that requires us to move our lower and upper body. Keeping your glutes strong and durable will help your body function well even as it gets older, and you should start this from a young age to ensure a solid foundation and continuity.
1. It works your gluteal muscles thoroughly - the dynamic bridge exercise is fully and directly focused on the gluteal muscles, which are considered among the strongest in the body and are located at the most important junction in it - between the upper and lower body. A study conducted in 2017 showed that hip lifting exercises (such as the bridge exercise) contribute in a better way to strengthening the gluteal muscles than exercises with the same purpose as squats or deadlifts (lifting a weight load).
2. When it comes to strengthening the muscles between the hips and waist, popular exercises such as squats, lunges, and deadlifts are effective but can put a lot of pressure on the lower back and knees, which can become more sensitive in old age. Neglecting or harming these areas can have negative consequences later on. However, the bridge exercise is a simple and safe way to strengthen the gluteal muscles without putting pressure on these sensitive points.
3. Easy to perform anywhere - there is a wide variety of gluteal exercises, but not all of them allow you to do them anywhere you want and with very little equipment. One of the significant advantages of the bridge exercise lies not only in its effectiveness but also in its simplicity - it does not require too much of your area of operation and only requires one dumbbell. Also, if you don't have weights, you can even perform it by using another object of reasonable weight, provided you can hold it firmly on your body.
4. Suitable for everyone - the bridge exercise is performed lying down and works on one targeted muscle group - the gluteal muscles only. This fact makes it an exercise that does not require extraordinary physical abilities or developed coordination skills between the different body parts. Therefore, it is considered an extremely simple exercise that is suitable for almost every person, regardless of age or level of physical fitness.
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