{"id":237873,"date":"2026-01-14T17:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/237873\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T17:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:28:08","slug":"heated-rivalrys-hudson-williams-uses-this-overlooked-piece-of-gym-equipment-to-shape-his-butt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/237873\/","title":{"rendered":"Heated Rivalry\u2019s Hudson Williams Uses This Overlooked Piece of Gym Equipment to Shape His Butt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hudson Williams might play a closeted hockey player in Heated Rivalry<\/a>, but at least his glutes routine<\/a> is out in the open. In a recent interview with Vogue<\/a>, the actor revealed how he chiseled his statuesque derri\u00e8re for gratuitous screen time. His not-so-secret weapon? The Pit Shark\u2014a formidable-looking piece of gym equipment<\/a> that, in Williams\u2019 words, \u201cwill change your butt immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fortunately, while this revelation might be news, the squatting apparatus in question is anything but. In fact, there\u2019s probably one at your local gym<\/a>, quietly collecting dust in the corner\u2014although likely not for long. Here\u2019s what trainers have to say about Pit Shark squats, and why, when it comes to developing your glutes, it might just be the best exercise that nobody is doing (yet).<\/p>\n

What are Pit Shark squats?<\/p>\n

First things first: This exercise is called a belt squat. Pit Shark<\/a> is a brand that makes a popular belt squat machine, hence why a lot of people have come to know the exercise as a Pit Shark squat\u2014just like how Assault Bike has become the go-to term for an air bike, even though lots of other brands make air bikes. And just like the air bike has been around for decades, belt squats have been an old-school weight room staple for years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe belt squat is not a new exercise by any means,\u201d says Joey Masri, DPT, CSCS, owner of Vice City Sports Medicine<\/a> in Miami, FL. Yet, for one reason or another, it never quite gained mainstream appeal. Granted, to the uninitiated, the belt squat machine\u2014with its industrial design and ominous-looking chain\u2014can appear to be quite an intimidating piece of equipment. But it\u2019s actually a very simple, user-friendly exercise. Think about how you might do weighted dips with a weight belt attached to a plate. Now just apply that idea to a bodyweight squat<\/a>. You can\u2019t squat with a plate attached to a belt, as the weight would have nowhere to go. So, instead of connecting directly to a weight, the belt squat machine hooks your belt up to a lever that you can load up with as much weight as you\u2019d like. No barbell<\/a> required.<\/p>\n

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Why the belt squat is such an effective glute exercise<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, belt squats are still just squats<\/a>. And maybe you\u2019re already doing squats. So you might be wondering how much of a difference this exercise could actually make. Well, quite a big difference, actually. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n

You can train your glutes to failure<\/p>\n

One of the things that we know for sure about building muscle is that you have to train as close to failure as possible in order to spur meaningful growth. One of the problems with that is sometimes a supporting muscle reaches failure before the larger muscle group that you\u2019re trying to focus on. \u201cFor example, you might be trying to grow your chest<\/a> with a bench press<\/a>, but your triceps get fatigued before your chest,\u201d says Alex Corbett, physical therapist at BreakThrough Physical Therapy<\/a>. \u201cWhat that means, in a practical sense, is when you’re training a muscle for growth, if you’re limited by a weak link that isn’t that muscle, then you\u2019re basically leaving gains on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

While barbell back squats also target the glutes<\/a>, they place a lot of strain on the lower back<\/a>, which can be a limiting factor. \u201cThe back tends to be the weak link when people are doing high-volume squats,\u201d Dr. Corbett says. \u201cBut when you take that barbell off your back and put the weight directly on the hips, you’re taking the low back out of the equation.\u201d That means you\u2019ll likely be able to load far more weight onto a belt squat than a back squat, allowing you to apply a greater stimulus directly onto your glutes.<\/p>\n

A lower squat equals higher rewards<\/p>\n

Aside from the weight being attached to your hips rather than resting across your traps<\/a>, the main difference between a belt squat and a back squat is the belt squat machine has two handles that you can hold onto while performing the exercise. When your arms are extended out in front of you and effectively stabilizing your body throughout the movement, you\u2019re able to squat considerably lower than you would while balancing a bar on your back<\/a>, \u201cand research shows that this can help with muscle hypertrophy,\u201d Dr. Corbett says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hudson Williams might play a closeted hockey player in Heated Rivalry, but at least his glutes routine is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[6613,589,163,85,46,6612,558,6611],"class_list":{"0":"post-237873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-digital_syndication","9":"tag-fitness","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-textbelowcentergridwidth","14":"tag-wellness","15":"tag-working-out"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}