03/03/2024
Why you should up the ante on your Glute Med/ Min exercises ⏫️
Besides performing hip abduction and rotation (both internal or external, depending on which fibres you’re recruiting), perhaps the most important job of these muscles is controlling the position of the hip and femur during walking/running, going up stairs, jumping and most lower body movements 🚶♀️🏃🏽♂️
It’s really common for people to “activate” the glute med/min with a few light sets of band exercises, but I think there’s a lot to be gained by hammering these muscles with higher intensity sets pushing close to failure instead. Like any other muscle, it’s important to give a sufficiently challenging stimulus to create a real physiological adaptation 👍🏻
A stronger glute med/min means happier hips during walking, running, sport and standard daily activities, so it’s worth investing a few minutes of your session into training them hard.
Crabwalks are just one example of a direct exercise for the glute med/min - some others include storks, lateral stepdowns and side plank raises (again, push close to failure when you do these). Although most lower body movements will recruit these muscles to some extent, these exercises are a great way to target them with a higher and more direct level of stimulus 🎯🔥
Feel free to message with any questions, and happy lifting 🏋️♀️🏋🏼
