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Glute Activation
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✅Do you have a hard time feeling glute-focused moves in your glutes? Share with me below, and check out the activation tips below.
Yesterday, we chatted about the importance of your nutrition this month. Your nutrition is key when it comes to building glute strength, but there is another prerequisite we need to discuss so you can get the most out of your glute workouts ⬇️
👉GLUTE ACTIVATION
To reap the most benefits, you need to learn how to activate your glutes. If they aren’t activated, you’ll likely use the wrong muscles during glute exercises, and that defeats the purpose.
Glute activation refers to activating (or "firing up") the glute muscles to strengthen them. For many, the glutes remain 'inactive' or 'switched off', even during lower-body exercises. This happens when your glutes are weak. Glutes can be weak for numerous reasons, but are mainly caused by sedentary lifestyles. This is known as gluteal amnesia or "dead butt syndrome".
One way to overcome dead butt syndrome is to practice the mind-to-muscle connection during your workouts. When you are doing squats, certain types of lunges, and other exercises that are targeted for your glutes, do you feel it mostly in your quads? After a lower-body workout, are your glutes rarely sore? Those are usually indicators that your glutes aren't being activated properly. This is called quad dominance in the fitness world. Don't get me wrong, strong quads are great and are sometimes called upon during glute workouts, but they should not be the dominant muscles during glute work.
Another way to activate the glutes is to perform glute-activating moves before your workout even begins. By performing some isolated glute moves pre-workout, we can get them fired up and ready to burn! 🔥
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