Progression
Progression ladder for the Standing Hip Circles
Pick an exercise to see the easier and harder steps either side of it, and log your sets so you can see when you are ready to move up.
Choose a different exercise
Search the exercise catalogue by name. The ladder and the log below both follow whichever exercise you pick.
Easier and harder steps around the Standing Hip Circles
These are the substitutes for the Standing Hip Circles, ranked by difficulty from the substitutes list: the ones we score below it, then the ones we score above it. They are not reviewed progression steps, so treat the order as a starting point and judge the jump yourself.
Easier steps
Nothing in the substitutes for the Standing Hip Circles scores easier than it.
Where you are now

Standing Hip Circles
- Beginner
- Body-weight
- Abductors
Harder steps
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Hip Circles (prone)
- Beginner
- Body-weight
- Abductors
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bent knee lying twist (male)
- Beginner
- Body-weight
- Glutes
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band seated hip internal rotation
- Beginner
- Band
- Glutes
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band lying hip internal rotation
- Beginner
- Band
- Glutes
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barbell side bent v. 2
- Beginner
- Barbell
- Abs
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barbell seated twist
- Intermediate
- Barbell
- Abs
Log a workout on the Standing Hip Circles
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