![]() ![]() This “lower crossed syndrome” type of client needs to get more optimal pelvic alignment before we can hammer away at glute activation drills….they won’t be able to do it. Hip flexor stretchĪs I state in the video, it maybe of little use to try and strengthen the butt if the client is sitting in excessive anterior pelvic tilt with tight hip flexors. The good news is that I have found the following exercises to be very helpful in getting my clients to “feel” the right muscle working so we can get them doing higher level activities without as big of a risk of injury or muscle imbalance. I think many reading this blog post can relate when I say that teaching activation exercises can be a frustrating process when the trainee, who usually sits 5-7 hours/day at work, can’t contract the right muscles given the appropriate cues. In clinical practice, I have found it hard to get some people to actually understand how to contract their glutes without substituting with other muscles (mainly the hamstrings). Then to top it off we go to the gym and do what? Of course, we work on our upper body. The result…Loss of glute function and the relative disappearance of the bodies most vital muscle. The truth is we sit too much, we take too many elevators, we skip too many stairs. The cure for gluteal amnesia is an addanasstomy. Low back pain expert Professor Stuart McGill, author of Low Back Disorders, describes the loss of glute strength and size as gluteal amnesia and goes on to implicate lack of strength in the glutes for the debilitating back pain that afflicts so many. “The truth is that glutes are essential to survival. The following is a great quote from fitness expert Mike Boyle that perfectly explains why the gluteal muscles are so important and how their function can become “lost”: ….This can get to be a pretty exhaustive list! ![]()
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