Gluteal muscles

People love to talk about training the glutes. Whether it is discussing helping low backs, developing great power for running and jumping, or just looking better, people like training their glutes! You would think that with all that excitement around training the glutes that we would have really smart training programs. Sadly, nothing could be

Weak and inactive glutes are contributing to your back and knee problems.

If you think squats and deadlifts are good enough to grow your glutes, then think again. Growing that backside is way harder than you think...

The Gluteus Medius (Glute Med) is one of the most important muscles for injury prevention in the lower limbs, balance and stability. It is also an important muscle for achieving high extension, multiple turns, and beautiful jumps. As you can see in the picture above, the Gluteus Medius lies deep to the Gluteus Maximus and attaches toward the outside of the hip. Because of the way it attaches, it is an extremely important hip stabilizer. When the Glute Med becomes weak or inactive it can…

Master hip and thigh anatomy fast and efficiently in this easy-to-follow article, where we explore attachments, relations, innervations, functions and more.

Gluteus maximus is the most superficial of the gluteal muscles and is capable of generating very powerful hip extension contraction forces

Many weightlifters neglect to train their gluteus minimus. If this sounds like you, try out these 7 gluteus minimus exercises to boost your glute training!...

Original Editor - Lucinda hampton