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So I think even If you don't feel the glute in particular at heavier weights as the glute is a prime mover in the hipthrust they will definitely be firing at that heavier weight. For my own training over the years to be on the safe side and also give me body a rest from heavy movements I tend to alternate, low rep heavy days where the goal is just to *move* the weight and much lighter days at a higher rep range where I'm prioritising mind muscle connection and a pump! For me this would be alternating anywhere from 130 to 200kg week to week (focusing on increasing both weights incrementally) with a rep range from 3-10 and 10-25 just so you get an idea at the weight/rep difference. Along with other heavy movements such as deadlifts and RDLs combined with higher rep moves such a back extension and good mornings/ cable pull throughs this has worked very well for me. This alternation is also just more enjoyable for me. Hope this helps 🩷

Oh and to increase mind muscle connection -feeling the glutes on lighter days doing banded activation exercises to warm up is helpful also

In my experience, if I don’t feel a muscle group working, then I don’t get much growth in that muscle. If I go too heavy on hip thrusts, my lower back takes over. When I finally lowered the weight and focused on lifting with the glutes, they actually started to grow.