Which exercise involves lifting your hips off the floor to create a bridge with the knees bent?

Which exercise involves lifting your hips off the floor to create a bridge with the knees bent?

• A. Bridging
• B. Prone hip extension
• C. Hip abd
• D. Hip adduction sidelying

Answer: (A)

Bridging is the move described: you lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat, then you press through your heels to lift your hips off the floor, creating a straight line from shoulders to knees. This action is hip extension with the knees bent, and it mainly strengthens the glutes and the muscles of the posterior chain while teaching you to stabilize the pelvis as you lift. At the top, keep the spine neutral and avoid letting the low back over-arch or the hips sag, then lower the hips with control. This differs from a prone hip extension, which is done lying on the stomach and involves lifting the leg at the hip rather than lifting the pelvis. The other options describe moves that do not involve raising the hips in a bridge position: hip abduction in sidelying moves the leg away from the midline, and hip adduction sidelying brings the leg toward the midline.

Bridging is the move described: you lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat, then you press through your heels to lift your hips off the floor, creating a straight line from shoulders to knees. This action is hip extension with the knees bent, and it mainly strengthens the glutes and the muscles of the posterior chain while teaching you to stabilize the pelvis as you lift. At the top, keep the spine neutral and avoid letting the low back over-arch or the hips sag, then lower the hips with control. This differs from a prone hip extension, which is done lying on the stomach and involves lifting the leg at the hip rather than lifting the pelvis. The other options describe moves that do not involve raising the hips in a bridge position: hip abduction in sidelying moves the leg away from the midline, and hip adduction sidelying brings the leg toward the midline.