What Are Glutes?
The glute muscles are located under the fatty tissue of your buttocks. They consist of three muscles including the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus. Your glutes are large, powerful muscles that help you walk, run, sit, stand, and many other movements. You can increase the size of your glutes with strength training and proper nutrition.
Why are strong glutes important?
Working on your buns is important for several reasons. They help with the following:
- Power
- Good posture
- Stability
- Strength
- Mitigating effects of tight hip flexors
- Mitigating effects of “butt amnesia” (when your glutes don’t switch on, causing your lower back, hips, knees, and even your ankles to take the extra load)
‘The gluteus medius is smaller and situated higher up and towards the sides of your bum, and is attached to the ligaments in your hip joint. Finally, there’s the gluteus minimus, situated underneath the gluteus maximus, which works alongside the gluteus medius to help stabilise the hip.’
If you want a big bum that’s as strong as it is sculpted you need to be working all three muscles, which is where we can help.
4 Tips for bigger butt
Don’t skip glute activation exercises
Squat deep
Upper body positioning
Single leg exercises
Don’t work your muscles to fatigue everyday