Tag: What is the difference between kickbacks and donkey kicks?

Weight-bearing exercises like squats often cause strain to the knee joints. But donkey kicks exercise make a great alternative to squats . It’s a hip-hyperextension exercise that effectively targets your gluteus maximus, the largest out of your three gluteal muscles. It can help give your booty the lift it needs.

A donkey kick and a glute kickback are very similar and the terms are often used interchangeably. However, technically speaking, a donkey kick is a glute kickback with your knee bent at about 90 degree. There is no movement at the knee .

Donkey kicks, however, work not only the glutes, but the core, hamstrings, shoulders and back , making them a comprehensive exercise that allows you to work the entire back side of the body at once.