Our glutes are one of biggest muscles and are typically underactive in the majority of the population. This is mostly due to our tendencies to sit for long periods of time. We sit whilst we drive to work, we then sit for 8 hours, drive home and then more than likely sit on the lounge all night. Heres the thing...
Sitting lengthens the glutes, and a lengthened muscle is a weak muscle
For example, if you were to do a bicep curl, it is always hardest to initiate the movement when the muscle is fully lengthened, hence why a lot of people will 'cheat' their reps short.
Having strong glutes is important as it helps hold our pelvis in a more neutral position and takes the pressure off our lower backs. Also, for those who complain of tight hip flexors, the glutes and hip flexors are agonists and antagonists to one another. In other words opposites (like the bicep and triceps), so activating the glutes will, to a degree, relax your hip flexors.
The glute bridge is a great and simple exercise for getting the glutes firing! Check out my video below
20-second hold of max effort10-second restRepeat for 3 rounds Complete twice (2) a dayNote: Imagine someone has put a $100 bill in between your cheeks, squeeze them so hard so that no one can take it :)
Hope you gained something from this post, I will be trying to upload more videos like this in the future
Any questions feel free to leave them below.
Angelo Campanella