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Glute & lower-body hypertrophy

Intermediate · 25–39 · ~50 min

Hip thrust, squat and hinge, the lifts that build and shape the glutes and legs. Below is a research-backed prompt for ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, copy it, paste the reply into sweatcue, and run the whole strength workout hands-free.

Session at a glance

Duration~50 min
FormatSets, reps & timed rest
FocusGlutes & legs
Intensity1 to 2 reps short of failure
Equipmentbarbell
Best forGet stronger, intermediate

This is how sweatcue structures the session once you paste it in, timed blocks with auto-starting rest and spoken cues. Figures are read from the prompt itself.

The prompt

Copy the complete prompt (it wraps the request below so the AI returns a clean, runnable session).

Write me a 50-minute lower-body strength workout focused on building and shaping my glutes and legs. Build it around three big lifts, barbell hip thrust, a squat (back or front), and a Romanian deadlift, plus a lunge or step-up and a calf raise. Give each 3 to 4 sets of 8 to 12 reps at a challenging weight, stopping 1 to 2 reps short of failure, with 90 to 150 seconds rest. Tell me to add load or reps over the weeks. Include a short warm-up. List every exercise with its sets, reps, rest in seconds and a load or RPE.
Works with Claude, Gemini, Grok or any AI.

Why it's built this way

Glutes and legs grow the way any muscle does: moderate loads (about 65–80% of your max) for 8–12 reps taken close to failure, roughly 10–20 hard sets per muscle a week, trained twice weekly. The hip thrust strongly activates the glutes, but that's an acute signal, not proof it out-grows the squat. Women respond to the same principles as men.

Sources: Schoenfeld et al., Sports 2021 (load & reps); Schoenfeld et al., J Sports Sci 2017 (weekly volume); Contreras et al., J Appl Biomech 2015 (hip-thrust glute activation; acute EMG only); Roberts et al., J Strength Cond Res 2020 (no sex difference in gains)

Who this workout is for

Built with one person in mind: Late 20s, train regularly, lower-body strength and shape.

  • You’re an intermediate-level trainer and you want to get measurably stronger.
  • You have access to the kit it calls for: barbell.
  • You want a single, repeatable strength workout you can drop into your week.

Who should adapt or skip it

  • It’s low-risk for healthy adults. Scale the loads and reps to your own level rather than copying the top of every range on day one.
  • As with any new routine, check with a clinician first if you have a medical condition, are injured, pregnant, or returning from a long lay-off. This is general information, not medical advice.

What a 2-week plan looks like

A single session works best on a repeating weekly rhythm. Here’s a simple, balanced two-week block at about 3 sessions a week, on non-consecutive days so you recover between them:

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Week 1●·●·●··
Week 2●·●·●··

● This session· Rest, a walk, or light mobility

Keep session days apart where you can, and adjust for how you feel. When you paste the AI’s reply into sweatcue, each session runs hands-free with spoken cues and timers.

Run it hands-free in sweatcue

sweatcue is an AI workout dashboard: paste the AI's reply and it runs the whole session on screen and out loud, auto timers, spoken cues for every set, rest and rep, and your live numbers. The AI writes it; sweatcue runs it.

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