AbMat Hip Thrust Pad

I have been lucky enough to use this pad regular at my gym (I am in Germany). Let me tell you, I have used everything in an attempt to find the optimal padding over the years. The average rolls might be ok at a lower weight, but once you go high up, it becomes painful. Not with this pad. It is big enough to spread the weight evenly across your hip, not having you feel a painful pressure against the hip-bones (I suffered, a LOT). At the same time it's small enough so you stay in control, balancing out the bar just perfectly. You can focus entirely on your exercise with this (as it should be!) without struggling around on suboptimal other solutions while doing hipthrusts (and we ladies know - the thrust is a must ;) ). I whole-heartedly and sincerely can say that this is by far the best hipthrust solution in my opinion (using barbells!) and worth the money. I go so far as to say, I wished this became a standard piece of equipment in all gyms, as much as having a back-roll. Please you guys, find a way to sell this across Europe somehow. The shipping and taxing fees on top of tge purchas proce, make it very expensive to get on my side if the world.

You wouldn't think it would make that much difference compared to a squat pad, but it actually does. The secret is that one side of the pad is hard-ish plastic and the other is soft padding. The barbell goes on the hard side and distributes the weight more evenly through the soft part. The price still seems a tad steep for what you actually get, but it does work and I'm not sure there's anything else like it on the market.

This hip thrust pad was unfortunately an expensive mistake - it is not fit for purpose at all. There is a rigid piece of rubber in here that digs into me as I'm trying to do hip thrusts and actually prevent me from flexing. I had to switch for the random piece of foam at my gym that actually works well. Highly disappointed. I ended up opening up the case and removing the rubber weird hard foam pieces and left the one light foam piece inside then added my own upholstery foam. This hip throat pad should be made only of that light coloured high density foam that's inside but it should be at least 4cm thick. Very annoyed that I spent £70 on this. Not worth it at all as it is not fit for purpose.

It is a big help and has durable outer material, but it is not has thick as it could be to handle heavier weight.

Finally not bruising my hips every time I do hip thrusts. I was able to load up way more weight now that metal-on-bones pain isn't the limiting factor <3

Night abd day difference from traditional foam bar pads

I normally have pain when doing barbell hip thrusts with a normal pad. This hip thrust pad gives much more cushion and is so much better.

Doesn't stay put when doing a heavily loaded bar for a hip thrust.