The Signature Fitness Hip Thrust Machine Review 

I’m glad to hear it! Thanks so much!

Great to hear! Please let me and other people reading the comments know what you think when you’ve gotten a chance to use it.

Thanks so much! I have to give her a lot of credit; I have never really liked running long distances, but it’s her favorite hobby.

Thanks so much! I’ve been buying, selling, and upgrading equipment for about 15 years so this channel is the culmination of that hobby.

Definitely a deal I couldn’t pass and looking forward to the next leg day when this is scheduled.

Thanks so much! It’s definitely great quality at its price point! So far, I am very pleased with this purchase!

Thanks so much! Sorry to hear it wasn’t a good machine for you. The stopper could be removed but that would only increase the ROM slightly. The next time I use the machine, I’m going to put the Hip Thrust Pad under the belt and see if that increase the ROM some, but I think the most important portion of the movement is the top 1/2.

So did u find one that gave you a better range of motion? Thanks!

@@pinkypromise111 no, wish I could. I think you have to spend a whole lot more money for the better machines that are higher off the ground and allow for a better stretch at the bottom. The hammer strength one is a good example. I wish Fettle Fitness made one of these.

Hoping to see more reviews of non-Powertec stuff. They do have quality equipment but aren’t really innovating much and have a very slow trickle of updates on their line. I did want to do a follow up update here that I bought the Fagus H standing hip thrust machine online as I was still looking for a good machine for glutes after selling this one. As I said previously, this signature fitness machine really was not good, bad range of motion (that’s everything for any price of equipment worth buying) and the belt system wasn’t designed for a good range of human waists. So, the standing hip thrust machine I bought was cheaper than this and really does a much better job. I was impressed. Would love to see reviews of items like that. Lots more affordable pieces coming out lately and way more competition for the budget market.

Very good to hear you found a machine that works well for you.

Very good to hear. Thanks so much.

Thanks so much, BBD! I’ll keep bodybuilding but bulking up is over. I really appreciate you saying that about my wife. She’s had a rough go with two surgeries back-to-back, but she keeps a great attitude.

lol! They’re still a work in progress and waiting for their big reveal. Thanks so much, BGB!

Thanks so much, Brian! If it wasn’t for the blood sugar issues, I would have kept going, but I can’t justify wrecking my health to get to 200 pounds. My wife didn’t like the way I looked while bulking so it’s a win-win for everyone. I might even drop to 165 for the fun of it! Thanks again!

​@@HomeGymHacksandReviewsHealth first is the way to go. Looking forward to seeing the new room filled. HIT in a budget home gym for a high school athlete (program and equipment) could be a cool video.

@@briand5047 thanks so much, Brian. Believe it or not, and I can’t believe I’ve done it, I’ve switched over to a pretty high volume training program. I’m a few weeks in. To drop my body weight faster, I wanted something with more sets, more reps, and something that would ultimately burn more calories. So far, my joints are holding up well and I’m really liking the change.

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews Interesting plot twist! How many sets for legs?

@@briand5047 lol! Gotta keep you guessing. With calves, about 20 work sets.

If you have a chance, please let me know what you think when you get it. I always like to know if my review matches up with how new owners feel about it. I was wondering the same thing which is why I moved on it when I did.

I’ve seen that LP. I think it looks pretty good. The quality of this machine gives me a pretty good indication of how well the LP is made. I will consider it. Thanks so much!

@@HomeGymHacksandReviewsyeah it looks really good just not sure if it’ll be as good as powertec leg press.

@@ironrenegade7835 if I were forced to pick between a Leg Press and this machine, the Leg Press would win.

Great to hear you’re happy with it. Yeah, I noticed it wasn’t on Amazon last I checked.

Thanks so much! Agreed, as someone mentioned earlier, that LP of theirs looks pretty solid (without having tried it) for the price.

That is incredibly kind of you. Thank you.

That is awesome! We had two before our present pair and my wife and I would like to get a couple more. They are the best dogs; just so easy.

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews absolutely the best! Love all dogs but they are soooo easy. Sweetest creatures ever created. I’m a repeat offending failed foster..take ‘em in but can’t let them go. My wife had drawn the line at four….but we’ll see.😬

@@allanroth5526 lol! I completely understand the failed foster situation.

Thank you. Please let me know what you think when you get it.

Good to hear the video was helpful. I learned from one of the comments that there is a new model of this machine that is selling on Amazon. It has a lever belt squat attached to the back of the machine. There are some features I like better on the new model, but there are features I like better on my model too.

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews not interested in the lever on the back. I use my IM2000 smith for belt squats. The lever on the back also makes the footprint impractical.

@@soulvids agreed

Thanks so much! If / when you get it, I hope you like it. I did see about a week ago, the price dropped 10 more than what I paid.

@@mariolp2999 thanks so much. More comfortable, greater stability, and easier to load.

Thanks so much! I hope you are liking the Levergym and Leg Press. I have considered getting one of their products including the belt squat. I’m pretty sure they reached out to me and asked me to review something. I can’t guarantee I will, but something from them is on my radar.

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews The levergym, with the leg extension add on, is the main piece in my gym. The leg press was great and I held on to it for 2-3 years but sold it because it took up too much space. I have my gym in a spare room that doubles as my home office so I'm very tight on space. I do need a quality leg machine though. That syedee just has too good of a price and small foot print. I'm defnitely adding this signature fitness hip thrust machine to my list though. Thanks for the response! Looking forward to whatever you choose to review next!

Thanks so much. If you get it, please let me know what you and your clients think.

Thanks so much!

Wow! You had a much different shipping and packing experience than me. Very odd because this was an exceptional packing job when I received it. How are you going to handle this?

Agreed! Interestingly, the weight horns are not bolt on, it is one single cylinder that runs all the way through the machine. During the shipping and assembly portion of the video, I show the pipe very quickly when it’s laid out on the floor.

Definitely glad to have this machine to enhance and streamline leg day.

The squatmax had a better range of motion, but this was much more comfortable and easier to load.

Absolutely! 🤓

I would like there to be a greater ROM, but the biggest benefit comes from the top of the movement. I could remove a safety, but that would only give me an extra inch at the bottom; smaller plates won’t give me greater depth over the ones I’m using.

MC, that is the newer version which I wasn’t even aware of. That one has some features I like better than mine; although, I probably wouldn’t use that style belt squat attachment.

That’s 100 less than I paid. Please let me know what you think.

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews downside is they didn't have the all black version available. But for $300 I'll deal with the mid-90s look.

@@killxswitch lol! “Mid 90s look”

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews I just finished putting mine together. 1st, they sent an all-black model. Nice. 2nd, mine has the belt squat attachment. However I'm putting this against the wall, so I probably won't use it. Having it attach to the back is understandable but the footprint becomes huge. 3rd, I think they switched the belts up. I am 6'1 and have a 32" waist and I get it tight enough where it doesn't fit. I also do not bottom out on this machine. The belt is thin though. 4th, no metal border in the box, but there was 1/4" plywood surrounding the pieces. 5th, the footplate is different. No rubber cover, just a diamond pattern steel plate. Dimensions seem similar though. 6th, I compared the steel thickness as best I could to my Hydra rack. The rack is thicker. I'd guess the machine is 12 ga. steel which is fine. Overall this seems like a crazy good price. Lever action is smooth, back pad is comfortable, range of motion is great, assembly took maybe an hour. The worst part was getting it into my house and down the stairs. Seemingly similar models go for $500 - $3000 and it's hard to imagine them being significantly better. It's not a complex machine.

@@killxswitch this is good hear. I’m glad you got the black model. Yeah, if I had your model, I don’t think I’d use the belt squat attachment. It sounds like your footplate is better than mine, but it sounds like I have a better belt. My belt is very nice and I wouldn’t consider it thin. I appreciate the update.

Thank you! Presently, 30

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews Thank you for a speedy reply!👍👍👍

Greatly appreciated! I am not sure why the price dropped so significantly, but I’m glad it did! As for the machine fitting someone her size, I can’t guarantee it, but putting something like the Hip Thrust Pad between her and the belt could certainly help if she can’t get the belt tight enough.

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews Thnkx, I'm gonna show her this machine and I'm sure she will love it. Signature Fitness has a chance to take off in the home gym business, offering High Quality equipment for Extramly Reasonable prices. If they have enough backing to get their name and products out to everyone then they could cripple companies like REP, FRINGESPORT, POWERTECH, TITAN, and even ROGUE. A well known pro athlete like Mike Trout, Patrick Mahomes, etc. needs to jump on board with SF and do a lot of commercials for them and put up $5 miilon-$10 million of their own money as an investment and then SF will be bigger than REP and all the rest of the companies except Rogue right now. Rogue will be the only company to withstand the SF onslaught as Rogue has the richer class person locked in as customers but that's only around 5%-10% of the population. The other 90%-95% of the people are ready for SFor another company to step up and amaze them. In the same sense REP could do the same but they need to polish the Quality of their products a little to compete with Rogue's finish products. Wouldn't it be fun to be the Head guy at SF, REP, etc., right now? Done right a company could take over 90%-95% of the world's home gym customers but they will need to spend a few million first or attach themselves to an investor (preferably a pro athlete) who can spend that kind of money but honetly I don't see any of the home gym companies doing that. I tip my cap to U as a reviewer, so go ahead take a bow and tip your cap in return. U deserve praise as U have earned it. Top 3 reviewers in no particular order stand as Gluck, Home Gym Hacks, and Coop at GGR. People out there, that's the only 3 reviewers U ever need to watch and then U will have all the knowledge of home gym equipment U will ever need. Take Care

Thank you. With the machine assembled, I don’t know what size the spacers are. Another person messaged me saying they were also missing the spacers (a newer model than mine). I would contact Signature Fitness to find the size or see if they can ship replacement hardware.

The model I have doesn’t have the plate holder option. There is also a newer model that has a lever belt squat attachment (not a fan of those short lever arm belt squat attachments). I am not sure if the newer model is the same quality as the one I have; there are some noticeable and subtle differences.

I can’t be entirely sure and I don’t want to tell you wrong. The Signature Fitness Team Member who demos of all of their equipment looks relatively tall so if you go to their page, that may give you a better idea.

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews thanks for the response. I'm 6'3" and it crossed my mind if it would be an issue because you can't move the foot placement

@@duramater1013 6’3” could be tricky. If I ever have a guest over who is that tall, I’ll have them try it. Until then, hopefully someone will chime in if they are your height and have tried this machine.

Thank you!

Thank you! No, when I purchased this model, I wasn’t even aware of the other one. I like the platform better on the other model, but it looks like certain areas of this machine are made better. Also, I don’t really like that style belt squat, so if I got the other one, I wouldn’t have installed it.

She’s never had the opportunity to use a commercial one. I recently sold this to make room for new reviews, but my wife wasn’t happy about it.

I’m not sure of the exact measurement (SigFit may mention that in their listing for the product), but it should fit larger individuals better than smaller individuals.

Thanks for sharing how it holds up in a commercial setting. It’s definitely a residential piece. I sold this to make room for the Concept2 BikeErg so I can’t look at the belt and try to determine a fix. When I sold it, with just me and my wife using it, everything was still in perfect working condition. I would contact Signature Fitness and ask for a replacement.

Thanks so much, Carter! I made the purchase before the study was released (I think), but the study helped make me feel better about the purchase. The biggest influence I had was seeing the other Paul Carter always using the Hip Thrust Machine. If he swears by the exercise, that’s good enough for me 🤓

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews He swears by it! That and converging chest press machines lol.

@@TheCarterHomeGym lol! Yeah, I just saw his post today about that.

Potentially and it crossed my mind to try that. I’ll leave it stock for a while and then see if enhancements are worth it / needed.

I haven’t tried, but looking at, I don’t think it would work very well.

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews too bad, something that size would be perfect for belt squat machine for people who don't have space.

Thank you! Unfortunately, I can’t be certain. There is the potential for a spacer to be needed as I mentioned in this video. For example, if I lose anymore weight, I’ll probably put a hip thrust pad between my stomach and the belt.

@HomeGymHacksandReviews Well shoot. Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Love your reviews and really trust your judgment. Bought my Titan seated leg extension/curl because of your review and appreciate the hacks that came along with it. Thanks for putting in your time ✌️

@@nessa0808 that is awesome to hear! Thanks so much! I really like that Titan Leg Ext with the 35 pound plate hack. I wish I could be more certain about the machine fitting someone of your height…I just don’t want to tell you wrong.

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews I respect and appreciate that. Thanks again

At 330 pounds, it didn’t cause me any undo stress. If you place a Hip Thrust Pad, Yoga Mat, etc., under the belt, that may make it more comfortable.

Thank you. The Syedee looks decent; it has a higher weight capacity too. I’m not sure if the back pad would be as comfortable as the SigFit. Without trying it, I’m reluctant to recommend one over the other.

Appreciate your thoughts here; if I get the other I’ll definitely let you if it’s any good

@@leonpowetheshow thanks so much!

So I went with the Signature after all… came and works very well. It feels much better than the traditional barbell hip thrust (even with different types of cushions). Thanks so much for the recommendation!

@@leonpowetheshow great to hear it’s working well for you. Rather than holding on to the handles, I recently started holding on to the cross pipe and I like the hand position better and it takes some pressure off the belt.

Thanks so much. I can’t be of much help to answer your question, but helpfully someone else will chime in with information that can help you.

I don’t get a huge stretch at the bottom either. The exercise feels most beneficial and most difficult at the top of the movement. However, to get the fullest ROM possible, make sure your belt is tightened all the way: on my model, there are two adjustments (1 on each side of the belt).

I’ve seen this model in some small commercial gyms and personal training studios. If the 360 lb max weight capacity is observed, maybe. I don’t think the rubber cover on my footplate would hold up, but it’s no big deal if that comes off and I think the new model has a different footplate. If you put this in a commercial facility, please let me know how it goes.

Agree, Also I've notice the commercial grade Nautilus Glute drive has a max load of 360lbs. How realistic is loading 360lbs on these machines anyway? Not sure how gyms are managing max weight loads on those machines as well. I'll find out and report back. Also, thanks for your amazing reviews!@@HomeGymHacksandReviews

I didn’t have any issues with the bolts not tightening. I would need to see it to figure out what the issue is. My wife is 5’10” and she loved this machine. She wasn’t real happy with me because I sold it to make room for new equipment reviews.

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews I like the machine but it rattles because none of the screws fit seems like it’s going to break apart if I move it side to side you can hear the rattling that’s not normal I do t want you to get injured

@@oloveaklove6576 something is definitely not right with yours. Mine was very solid, no rattling, and all the bolts tightened securely. You should try to go back and tighten all the bolts. If you’re using adjustable wrenches, I highly recommend a socket set.

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews the bolts only screw on so far that’s the problem. When I put the bolts on even with my bare hands it’s only so much I can screw on leave so much screw left. I honestly never seen anything like this before I just don’t understand what I’m doing wrong . Do you have WhatsApp app or an email address so I can send you a video because you would be shocked how the bolts dont screw all the way on

@@oloveaklove6576 if I remember correctly, the bolts that go through the long silver pipe require a very large Allen Wrench…an Allen Wrench not everyone will have in their toolbox.

All of my Fettle Fitness Equipment arrived fully assembled. If you watch any of those videos, especially the Pendulum Squat, you can see how I moved it in the garage.

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews Thanks, appreciate it. I've had a Fettle pendulum squat for about a year now, but mine came disassembled because it went in my upstairs gym.. now thinking about getting their combo leg machine, assembled this time... guess I'll need to get some of those wheeled things.

lol! That’s the goal!

What a cheeky thing to say. 😆

@@narigon3942 I see what you did there! lol!

Agreed. Not bad for $399 compared to nearly $4k. I feel like some of those things are easy fixes and I believe the newer model has a bigger footplate (or at least a nicer footplate than mine).

I never found it to hurt. However, if it’s bothering you, you could put a hip thrust pad or any other type of foam pad between you and the belt (I’ve seen some people who are moving a lot of weight do that).

Sorry, this machine doesn’t take standard plates.

I sold a lot of equipment recently, but I kept this machine for a couple reasons: 1) My wife wouldn’t let me sell it. 2) I like it much better than using a barbell, smith machine, and I even like it better than the Squatmax Hip Thrust Option I switched from grabbing the handles to the cross-pipe as it takes some pressure off the belt and feels like a more optimal hand position. A lot of the critiques remain the same: I think a bigger footplate would make this better. It’s decent quality for the price - like I said in the video, a notch or two below Powertec. Not a lot of resistance in the bottom of the movement, but very good at the top.

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews appreciate the quick response. I spent a lot this month with Black Friday, bought a rep AB5200 2.0 bench, Rep PR5000 with their lat/low row and dual Athena all selectorized with weight added stacks, and a Force USA leg press/hack squat machine, and 800lbs of weights….so I wasn’t planning on buying this…but it is on sale for $432 shipped right now so I bought it too lol

@@bradmacklin7265 lol! It sounds like you have a well stocked gym. There are a couple different models of this Hip Thrust by Signature Fitness. I have the older model, there is a newer model that has a lever belt squat on the back (that doesn’t interest me at all).

@@HomeGymHacksandReviewsI mean, I don’t have 4 rooms worth 😂. I did see there seems to be different versions…the one shown on Walmart looks to be similar to the one you show. I’ve seen versions with different foot plates, the bar, some with the different foot plate and the belt….so I’ll see what comes in

The one shown on Walmart has a diamond plate design on the footplate, shows a belt for the strap around the waist, and apparently shows an integrated belt squat with a weight horn on the rear which is interesting cuz I didn’t even see that before purchasing. Looks like a small movement arm so it probably won’t work too good. I may not use that part to save space

I’m 5’9” I’m pretty sure the guy who works for Signature Fitness and demos this machine is your height or taller.

Wow fast response thank you!

@@user-nv6jq5fk7c glad to help.

I’m happy with mine 5 months later. Everything is in perfect working order.

To each their own but IMO this is fun and easy to use and I just always skip barbell thrusts bc they’re such a PITA to set up.

Exponentially better. I never found a way I was 100% happy performing hip thrusts on the Rhino.

​@@HomeGymHacksandReviews Mine is connected to my Rack. I used the BC "Hip thruster pad" with j-cups on the uprights where the rhino handles are and on the opposite side use the bench attachment on the safeties for my feet to try and mimic a hip thrust machine. I was kind of going for a cable version of the glute drive that I can use bands on. It's hard to get in and out of, but it feels ok when you get into position.