The Easiest Way To Get Big Glutes
There’s one key element that we’re all missing.
Lower body training should be a part of everyone’s routines. More specifically, glute work can help to transform your body by increasing leg power and taking load off of your joints. If you’re able to maximize your glute training, you’ll be far better off with physically demanding occupations, functional movements such as squatting, and sport/recreational activities.
While most of us are aware of simple movements such as glute bridges and squats for glute training, I want to take things a step further and talk about the proper setup for these exercises. In this article, we’ll be focused on the glute maximus in particular. If you can make one small adjustment to how you train this muscle, you notice much greater gains in the strength and muscle mass of your lower body!
How To Get the Most Out of Your Glute Training
The glute maximus is involved in three main actions: external rotation of the leg, hip extension, and hip abduction. To properly train this muscle, we must work against load in one of these directions to stimulate the muscle fibers. The most popular plane of work is typically glute extension, including exercises such as glute bridges, squats, deadlifts, hip thrusts, Bulgarian split squats…
