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Hip Thrust Form Check

Is your hip thrust actually good? Prop your phone up and find out — GoodReps watches your hip angle (shoulder → hip → knee) live and scores every rep as you train your glutes and hamstrings, with core assisting. Free, in your browser, processed entirely on your device.

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The live screen, in miniature — the moving skeleton is the app’s real hip thrust demo pose (side view), with the rep counter, form bar, and phase dot exactly as they run in a session. All processed on-device.
Straight From The App

HOW TO DO A PROPER HIP THRUST

Setup  Rest your upper back on a bench/couch, side-on to the camera, feet flat.

  1. Drive through your heels and lift your hips until your body is flat from knees to shoulders.
  2. Squeeze your glutes hard at the top.
  3. Lower under control.
Form cue: Drive hips fully up

This is the same instruction sheet you’ll find on the ⓘ panel inside the app — with an animated demo next to it.

How The Check Works

THREE STEPS TO A SCORED HIP THRUST

1

Prop your phone and get in frame

Set your phone at roughly torso height and set up side-on to the camera. The built-in camera test confirms your lighting, distance, and angle with live green checks before you start.

2

The AI locks a 17-point skeleton on you

GoodReps measures your hip angle (shoulder → hip → knee) in real time, entirely on your device. No wearables, no sensors. A bench or couch behind you; bodyweight first, a barbell across your hips later.

3

Move — and watch the form bar

The bar fills as you travel from ~100° toward ~160° at the bottom. Stop short and it tells you; a rep only counts through the full range of motion.

Under The Hood

WHAT THE CAMERA WATCHES

Fix These First

COMMON HIP THRUST MISTAKES

Overarching at the top

The finish is a glute squeeze, not a back bend. Ribs down, chin tucked, and stop when your hips line up with your knees and shoulders.

Pushing through your toes

Toes-first drive sends the work to your quads. Plant your heels under your knees and press the floor away through them.

Bench in the wrong spot

The pad should sit right under your shoulder blades. Too high chokes your range; too low turns it into a glute bridge.

Fast, bouncy reps

Speed hides weak lockouts. Pause one beat at the top with your glutes squeezed hard — that beat is the exercise.

Your Data

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

Rep counting runs entirely on your device — your camera feed is never uploaded.

Pose detection runs in your browser via TensorFlow.js. Camera frames are analyzed in real time and immediately discarded — nothing is recorded, nothing leaves your phone, and we never see them. Sign-in is optional; skip it and everything stays local.

FAQ

QUESTIONS, ANSWERED

Do I need a barbell for hip thrusts?

No — bodyweight hip thrusts off any sturdy bench or couch are the right starting point. Add weight across your hips later and log it for PR tracking.

Does it work in a home gym or low light?

Run the built-in camera test first — it checks your lighting, distance, and angle with live green checks before you start. If a rep still slips through, manual counting is always one tap away.

Is my camera feed uploaded anywhere?

No. Pose detection runs entirely on your phone, in your browser. Frames are analyzed in real time and immediately discarded — nothing is recorded, nothing is uploaded.

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