10/04/2026
"𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗴𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸"
Sounds 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤. But it's 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 — and once you know what to look for, you can't unsee it.
Weak glutes are one of the most common things I see. And the tricky part? Most people have no idea, because it rarely shows up as glute pain. It shows up everywhere else.
📌 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿:
𝟭. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽
When you take a step, does the opposite hip drop down instead of staying level? That's your standing leg's glute failing to hold you up properly. It's subtle — but it puts a lot of stress on your hips and lower back over time.
𝟮. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸
If your upper body tilts over one leg as you step, your body is cheating — shifting your weight to take pressure off a glute that isn't pulling its weight. Most people don't even feel themselves doing it.
𝟯. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱
Your glutes are responsible for keeping your leg in line when you move. When they're weak, your knee starts drifting inward — during walking, running, going up stairs, even squatting. This is behind a lot of knee pain that seems to come out of nowhere.
𝟰. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁
If your glutes aren't doing their job, your lower back steps in to stabilise instead. It was never meant to do that — which is exactly why so many people with chronic lower back pain also have glutes that have basically switched off.
𝟱. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸
Most people think this is just "how they walk." But it's often the hip not rotating properly — so the foot compensates by turning out. A classic sign the glutes aren't working the way they should.
The good news? 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. But it takes targeting the right muscles in the right way — not just doing more squats and hoping for the best.
If any of this sounds like you, it's worth getting someone to actually watch you move.
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