Hip hinge

How it is used

Trainers use hip hinge as a movement cue before teaching loaded lifts.

Example sentences

1. The coach demonstrated a hip hinge without holding a weight.

   The unloaded example isolates the movement pattern.

2. My knees bent too much when I tried the hip hinge.

   Too much knee movement changes the intended pattern.

Common collocations

• practise a hip hinge
• hip hinge pattern

Related terms

• deadliftA lift in which you pick up a loaded barbell from the floor until you are standing upright, mainly working the back, glutes and hamstrings.
• formThe way an exercise or movement is performed; good form means correct, safe and efficient technique.

More terms: Exercises & Technique

• squat
• push-up
• stretch
• bench press
• plank
• lunge
• pull-up
• bodyweight exercise
• compound exercise
• isolation exercise
• eccentric phase
• concentric phase