The Claim

Doing squats or hip thrusts helps you get stronger at deadlifts and pushing against a wall about the same amount — neither exercise gives you a big edge over the other for these other movements.

Source: Hip thrust and back squat training elicit similar gluteus muscle hypertrophy and transfer similarly to the deadlift

What the research says

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports
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Challenges
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Cause and effect
1 study reviewed
In plain English

Doing squats or hip thrusts helps you get stronger at deadlifts and pushing against a wall about the same amount — neither exercise gives you a big edge over the other for these other movements.

See the scientific wording

Neither hip thrust nor back squat training significantly improves deadlift or isometric wall push strength beyond what is achieved by either exercise alone, indicating that these exercises transfer similarly to untrained functional strength tasks.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Hip thrust and back squat training elicit similar gluteus muscle hypertrophy and transfer similarly to the deadlift

    Both exercises—hip thrusts and squats—made people stronger at deadlifts and wall pushes about the same amount, even though they worked muscles a little differently. So neither one is better than the other for improving these unrelated strength tasks.

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