Shout out @workoutwithgina for the opening stitched video, @mirabai_chanu for bringing my model athlete, @muscleandmotion for the anatomy graphics & @andrew_lock_strength for the first exercise!
Ooohhhhhh I needed that!! I naturally have the shape & ppl actually asked me what I do but I'm actually hyper-mobile (EDS 😭) & certain exercises just don't hit the same anymore & I automatically protect my knees (osteoarthritis due to accelerated wear & tear) & hip/SI joints (bursitis & 1 side subluxes occasionally) now, at 47, bec I'm worried about injury due to joint instability. However, I still need to strengthen whatever I can. I also need to keep moving to avoid stiffness these days & I want to tone up but need modified exercises like that first one for glutes (THANK YOU!) & thighs. I can do squats fairly well -- but is there another more protective one to help engage and tone up my hamstrings? 😅
I’m one of those people. I’ve been an athlete my entire life and I didn’t know until I was in my 40s and did a walking retreat where we hiked foothills every day for 7-10 miles. I couldn’t keep up at all!?? I was always so far behind?!! I couldn’t figure it out until one of the guides told me, “you may not be activating your glutes”. I have to consciously use my glute when I walk or hike. Incredible
Sorry had to come back to let you know the one side that wasnt firing was so uncontrollable with no muscle control and i could feel this within ten moves! This is just incredible!!!! Thanks yall ROCK!
Lay flat, point your toes. Lift one leg up like you're making the 4. Hold it for 40secs or longer. But has to be AT LEAST 40SEC. Mine activated last month like this. I already had a lil pound cake. Now I have a double pound cake!! No BBL..💅
The problem lies in bad posture and usage of wrong muscles. The band helps u stabilize your knees, so u dont put all the weight on them anymore. As the band holds you together u start using the right muscles.
When I see some of these exercises, such as the band one where you squat and THEN open the leg out and close again, I find myself thinking ‘genius!’ It’s so simple and targets the weak muscle so well
I had a doctor tell me that activation exercises were a joke and that the movement you’re doing in the gym should be enough. All the expensive schooling just do be an idiot. Doing these activation exercises is the only reason my glutes work, bless this channel 🤘🏻 I was on my way to being paralyzed and had several episodes of not being able to walk at all so anyone who thinks these kind of movements aren’t necessary all I have to say is I’m running again with no pain, rock climb every other day with great hip movement and take care of yourselves because I’m only 26 and this can happen to anyone… it may already be happening to you as we speak, SIT UP STRAIGHT
He’s right tho. Glute activation only works if you’re not really lifting or strength training properly in the first place. Regardless a doctor doesn’t go to school to learn any of this including lifting
@@yoeyyoey8937 They do actually, indirectly. In the very first year of med school, during anatomy classes they learn every single muscle in the body, its name, location, function and direction of movement. Then they get to see those muscles directly on the preserved and disected cadavres. Yet later these idiots with doctor's license end up not remembering or understanding jackshit about the biomechanics of the human body. And then some massagists end up remebering more skeletal muscles anatomy then most doctors... It's a stupid world we live in.
@@Dysstopolis yeah but knowing muscle groups doesn’t mean they know how they work together on actual movement. You’re far overestimating what gets taught in medical school. They don’t understand movement or fitness or anything, that’s not part of the education. They’re not necessarily idiots, the problem is what is in the curriculum and what the academic institutions deem a medical doctor needs to know to do his job.
@@Dysstopolis biomechanics is not really part of any medical school course. Maybe some basics like how a muscle contracts and is attached to a bone, but we pretty much learn that in grade school, and it doesn’t apply to fitness or athleticism at all by itself. Most people, most trainers and the like, don’t even really know how a back squat works. Most people in general tell you not to “lift with you back” instead of telling people to just make their back stronger. This knowledge is basically esoteric at this point.
Sensation doesn't tell you everything. Lengthened movements do not produce the same type of burn that shortened movements (like clamshells) do or other shortened movements like hip thrusts. If your form is good and youre performing the movement correctly then your glutes are working whether you feel them or not. And youll often feel them the next day. That being said, I never felt my glutes much in lengthened movements until I used a belt squat machine which gave me a ton of stability and allowed me to just sit back into a squat without having to hold any weight on my back. More stability will allow you feel your glutes more if that's what youre after
But if I do these and then I feel the rdl on my glutes will it mean it’ll grow even more than if i didn’t feel them????(Obv by also doing died, sleep, etc part)
@@maximo7910 no, feeling doesn't determine growth. Muscle growth is caused by hypertrophy. Basically when you're doing a movement and you experience an involuntary slowing of contractions (your reps get slower). That's why pushing to or close to failure is important. Progressive overload is also important. If you're performing the movement correctly and continuing to get stronger at it then you will grow regardless of if you "feel" the muscle during the movement, assuming you're eating enough
Fkn thank you. Common sense arrives. It's like how would a PT know more about your body than thousands of years of adaptation? It's annoying. Gotta sell mediocre protocols somehow.
I agree with your assessment. I don't usually "feel my glutes" when I do glute focused exercises because I'm not sore. When I walk around, stand from sitting, even do a push up, I don't feel those muscles working. They are working, it just feels normal. The glute activation does help to notice the muscle involvement more but in my opinion, is not required to have gains.
This might be the best RUclips channel I’ve found on RUclips lol I’ve never heard of most of these exercises but I can’t wait to incorporate them into my daily routine, turning 40 this year and trying to get my body in shape so I’m not hurting all the time 😅
This is so true I didn’t start getting a bigger butt until I started focusing on doing a 5-10 min glute activation before work outs and also sometimes doing some glute activation exercises between sets too. Also using resistance band during hip thrusts and good mornings helps
Im so happy that i saw this video. I have no butt and ive never been able to feel the burn in my butt like i do now lol. How did i just now hear about this? Ive been working out for fifteen years except the last four years and now im starting again.
Everyones posture, leg size back, center of gravity is different. At the end of the day, find a foot, leg, and bar placement where you are evenly pushing off with the heel of your feet as with the ball of your feet. If you feel too much pressure on your toes, your posture and angle are wrong, you are leaning too far forward. You might have to arc your back more or literally, scoot the bar back an inch. Maybe spread your legs out more, point your toes out more. If you really want a big but, do the sumo dead lift, toes pointed outwards.
I’m doing this today! And always! Thanks for keeping it simple sometimes it gets complicated with lots of five different exercises than every video or two is just the amount that I can remember and then go do the exercise.
Whatever you’re doing for glutes… to isolate. Tilt body 45 degrees . For anything such as sumo squats. Step ups. Squats target more quad. Rdl is hamstring/glutes. If u don’t feel in ur glutes doing rdl then push through your heels.
Narrow stance squat - quad focus Wider stance squat - glutes and quads Test High bar squats Test Low bar squats There's not just one way to do squats, each have different effects based on a persons anatomy
Same. What helped me is ‘deactivating’ hamstring on hip thrusts by doing frog pumps with weight. Also reverse hyper frog pumps for activation and any hip thrusts should be done with a band to ‘cue’ glutes instead of hamstrings taking over.
Instead of squats replace it with sumo squats. 45 degrees body tilt. At all time . Squats mainly for quads. Rdl in order to feel it bend knees slightly a bit. SLIGHTLY only. N push through your heels. I normally do single leg rdl to have a better focus only one glute at a time . Then I do both.
Posture, make sure you arent leaning too far forward when you run. Try doing short(less than 100% effort) sprints while tightening your core to try and get the feel.
You don’t need to feel them when running to have them work optimally - but this first exercise can be a helpful warm up to make sure they’re activated!
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Activation is one reason but another massive reason is people are just tight in their hips and lower back. They don’t have the range of mobility to feel the muscle lengthen and therefore target desired muscle. Another big reason is people don’t use their toes or feet. Spread your toes into the ground during a squat, you’ll feel it in your glutes, because it improves your balance
I don’t think activation is necessary in my unprofessional opinion. If your form is correct, then your glutes are being worked/used regardless if you feel it or not. Some people get caught up in chasing the burn.
It's important bc if your gluts don't take the load, other muscles will need to compensate. The biggest problem is when the lower back compensates for the gluts and takes too much load which can cause a lot of problems
@LaiLai.. not at all. He's shown many people using the right form but don't feel their gluts activating while doing rdls and squats. He calls it gluteal amnesia bc it's not activating when it should
If you’re training properly and progressively overloading with good exercise selction then your glutes are going to grow because the HAVE TO. If you’re doing activation or “feeling” the muscles then you’re not really strength training imo. You’re trying to feel like you’re working out without putting much effort into it.
@@angiesplaylist23your gllutes have to work in certain movement patterns tho. It’s like saying that you need yo activate your triceps before doing bench or dips or pushups. That doesn’t make any sense
I love this channel. I’m someone with just an abnormal muscularity and when I exercise I never feel that targeted muscle group activated (push-ups burn my shoulders and elbows instead of my chest and so forth) so these videos help a ton. I want to work on stability of my back and hips for dead lifts but can never activate the muscles correctly and then I see this and am like “oh, that’s how it’s supposed to feel”😂😂
For pushups, could me your positioning. Sounds like you’re flaring your elbows like crazy which will hurt you in the long run. Try twisting your wrists in ward to lock your elbows in place. Wider stance for chest. Narrow for biceps.
@@meganruhnke3962 I honestly couldn’t tell you, I just have started to work on strengthening my forearms and my shoulders to accommodate for the joint weakness so I can hopefully reduce some of that pain. I keep my form pretty consistent too (Army PRT push-ups mean your elbows stay tucked) and it just wrecks my wrists on top of the aforementioned shoulder and elbows
How to activate Glutes: 1.) Lock clam (20-25) 2.) Goblet squad with a hip band across your knees. Squat and pause and open your hip 3-5 times with pauses in open most position
Another really good one that worked for me is just lying on your back and contracting the glutes individually I swear this has been a game changer for me
Easier way... Push heels down, spread toes and press down with toes... Keep pushing both into the floor, will activate glutes through entire range of motion. Ground self and feel it in glutes, , hinge at hip, rest takes care of itself
As someone who previously never felt it in my glutes (only quads), I had a physical therapist tell me to put more of my weight in my heels, and it really made a big difference!! I’m a chronic toe-walker and former dancer, so my natural inclination is to have my weight on the balls of my feet. Shifting my weight back a little bit did the trick for me!
Shout out @workoutwithgina for the opening stitched video, @mirabai_chanu for bringing my model athlete, @muscleandmotion for the anatomy graphics & @andrew_lock_strength for the first exercise!
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Ooohhhhhh I needed that!! I naturally have the shape & ppl actually asked me what I do but I'm actually hyper-mobile (EDS 😭) & certain exercises just don't hit the same anymore & I automatically protect my knees (osteoarthritis due to accelerated wear & tear) & hip/SI joints (bursitis & 1 side subluxes occasionally) now, at 47, bec I'm worried about injury due to joint instability. However, I still need to strengthen whatever I can. I also need to keep moving to avoid stiffness these days & I want to tone up but need modified exercises like that first one for glutes (THANK YOU!) & thighs. I can do squats fairly well -- but is there another more protective one to help engage and tone up my hamstrings? 😅
Awesome 🌞
I always feel it in my glutes unfortunately I’m the most caked up guy in the gym and now all the women ask me how I build my butt. So annoying
Glute spread or you're lying 🧐
What in the Diddy is going on here? 🤨
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I love this man, every question and concern I have for the gym, and my well-being is answered by him.
👍🏼 I have implemented his advise to my daily routines.
Same!
He's ridiculously good
Hell yeah fellow person who's into fitness AND Green Day. I see that American Idiot profile pic.
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I’m one of those people. I’ve been an athlete my entire life and I didn’t know until I was in my 40s and did a walking retreat where we hiked foothills every day for 7-10 miles. I couldn’t keep up at all!?? I was always so far behind?!! I couldn’t figure it out until one of the guides told me, “you may not be activating your glutes”. I have to consciously use my glute when I walk or hike. Incredible
Thanks!
So u mean like 4 example 2 REMEMBER it EVERYTIME???😮😮😢😢cuz I'm walking the stairs,n I ALWAYS forget 2 activate them...😢😢😢❤❤
I’ve been it when I walked and realized this could be a struggle for others however it’s a great way to way to walk !
At what point do you use them. I feel like I never use them in a walk. Is it near the end of the step, or directly in the middle. Serious question.
@@_FFFFFF_ They said foothills, so I think it's more relevant for walking uphill and downhill.
Sorry had to come back to let you know the one side that wasnt firing was so uncontrollable with no muscle control and i could feel this within ten moves! This is just incredible!!!! Thanks yall ROCK!
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I’ll just lay on the side 🤣
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Lay flat, point your toes. Lift one leg up like you're making the 4. Hold it for 40secs or longer. But has to be AT LEAST 40SEC.
Mine activated last month like this. I already had a lil pound cake. Now I have a double pound cake!! No BBL..💅
@@sheek2uI'm telling you what!! I can't do too many of them!! 😂
@Meillz that's exactly what I did to begin with!! 😊
I'm starting to feel like "goblet squats with loop band" is the solution to every athletic problem 😂
😂
The problem lies in bad posture and usage of wrong muscles. The band helps u stabilize your knees, so u dont put all the weight on them anymore. As the band holds you together u start using the right muscles.
@@8Freakish8 The band activates the glutes.
When you're a lazy overly neurotic PT it actually is since nothing you say works.
@@tylerdavis3activating a muscle basically just means mind to muscle connection
When I see some of these exercises, such as the band one where you squat and THEN open the leg out and close again, I find myself thinking ‘genius!’ It’s so simple and targets the weak muscle so well
GLUTEUS MAXIMUS, ACTIVATE!
sounds a bit like something Harry would shout at Voldemort😂
Biggus Dickus and his wife Incontinentia Buttocks 😂
I wouldn’t mind activating her glutes after the gym!😂😂😂
More like Bootius Maximus
That activates my magic wand
I didn’t feel it in my glutes my whole life until I did ankle and knee stability exercises
Hi could you please share more? I have very weak knees and ankles
Also hoping for more info OP!
Please elaborate 😊
Could you please share your exercises with us? :D
@@evanchiba1723 this move is why dancers have cakes. That's how you make it clap too..
I had a doctor tell me that activation exercises were a joke and that the movement you’re doing in the gym should be enough. All the expensive schooling just do be an idiot. Doing these activation exercises is the only reason my glutes work, bless this channel 🤘🏻
I was on my way to being paralyzed and had several episodes of not being able to walk at all so anyone who thinks these kind of movements aren’t necessary all I have to say is I’m running again with no pain, rock climb every other day with great hip movement and take care of yourselves because I’m only 26 and this can happen to anyone… it may already be happening to you as we speak, SIT UP STRAIGHT
He’s right tho. Glute activation only works if you’re not really lifting or strength training properly in the first place. Regardless a doctor doesn’t go to school to learn any of this including lifting
all the expensive schooling was to be a doctor not a physiotherapist or a gym bro...tard...
@@yoeyyoey8937 They do actually, indirectly. In the very first year of med school, during anatomy classes they learn every single muscle in the body, its name, location, function and direction of movement. Then they get to see those muscles directly on the preserved and disected cadavres. Yet later these idiots with doctor's license end up not remembering or understanding jackshit about the biomechanics of the human body. And then some massagists end up remebering more skeletal muscles anatomy then most doctors... It's a stupid world we live in.
@@Dysstopolis yeah but knowing muscle groups doesn’t mean they know how they work together on actual movement. You’re far overestimating what gets taught in medical school. They don’t understand movement or fitness or anything, that’s not part of the education. They’re not necessarily idiots, the problem is what is in the curriculum and what the academic institutions deem a medical doctor needs to know to do his job.
@@Dysstopolis biomechanics is not really part of any medical school course. Maybe some basics like how a muscle contracts and is attached to a bone, but we pretty much learn that in grade school, and it doesn’t apply to fitness or athleticism at all by itself.
Most people, most trainers and the like, don’t even really know how a back squat works. Most people in general tell you not to “lift with you back” instead of telling people to just make their back stronger. This knowledge is basically esoteric at this point.
Dude I absolutely love you. The knowledge you drop OMG
Dead butt syndrome. I have it and will try these. Thank you!
Sensation doesn't tell you everything. Lengthened movements do not produce the same type of burn that shortened movements (like clamshells) do or other shortened movements like hip thrusts. If your form is good and youre performing the movement correctly then your glutes are working whether you feel them or not. And youll often feel them the next day.
That being said, I never felt my glutes much in lengthened movements until I used a belt squat machine which gave me a ton of stability and allowed me to just sit back into a squat without having to hold any weight on my back. More stability will allow you feel your glutes more if that's what youre after
But if I do these and then I feel the rdl on my glutes will it mean it’ll grow even more than if i didn’t feel them????(Obv by also doing died, sleep, etc part)
@@maximo7910 no, feeling doesn't determine growth. Muscle growth is caused by hypertrophy. Basically when you're doing a movement and you experience an involuntary slowing of contractions (your reps get slower). That's why pushing to or close to failure is important. Progressive overload is also important. If you're performing the movement correctly and continuing to get stronger at it then you will grow regardless of if you "feel" the muscle during the movement, assuming you're eating enough
@@JS-mg1mkthanks a lot :) struggling with upping my weight
Fkn thank you. Common sense arrives. It's like how would a PT know more about your body than thousands of years of adaptation? It's annoying. Gotta sell mediocre protocols somehow.
I agree with your assessment. I don't usually "feel my glutes" when I do glute focused exercises because I'm not sore. When I walk around, stand from sitting, even do a push up, I don't feel those muscles working. They are working, it just feels normal. The glute activation does help to notice the muscle involvement more but in my opinion, is not required to have gains.
This might be the best RUclips channel I’ve found on RUclips lol I’ve never heard of most of these exercises but I can’t wait to incorporate them into my daily routine, turning 40 this year and trying to get my body in shape so I’m not hurting all the time 😅
Thank God for social media. So many knowledgeable people giving great info
Double edge sword...lots of folks out here giving bad information too.
Not this one though.
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He aint lyin... I got to 5 and its already happenin.. awesome super easy workout.. love it
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This is so true I didn’t start getting a bigger butt until I started focusing on doing a 5-10 min glute activation before work outs and also sometimes doing some glute activation exercises between sets too. Also using resistance band during hip thrusts and good mornings helps
I like 👍 that term, "caked" up!!! I want to be naturally, caked up!!!😂😂.
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Glute-iful
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Right on time! My hip misalignment means my left glute doesn't activate so this is exactly what i needed! I'll be trying this today
Samee my left glute is not as lifted or plump. Try single hip thrust and single rdl.
@@meganruhnke3962 That's so sweet of you ♥️
Im so happy that i saw this video. I have no butt and ive never been able to feel the burn in my butt like i do now lol. How did i just now hear about this? Ive been working out for fifteen years except the last four years and now im starting again.
I am using the same for my patients. Always great to see when a loop closes...
Everyones posture, leg size back, center of gravity is different. At the end of the day, find a foot, leg, and bar placement where you are evenly pushing off with the heel of your feet as with the ball of your feet. If you feel too much pressure on your toes, your posture and angle are wrong, you are leaning too far forward. You might have to arc your back more or literally, scoot the bar back an inch. Maybe spread your legs out more, point your toes out more. If you really want a big but, do the sumo dead lift, toes pointed outwards.
Watching this lady I feel something else...😂
I have saved 99% of all Squat University Videos because they are amazing and I need to do them all!
You’re never gonna get an actual work out done just hours and hours of “activating” 😂
I’m doing this today! And always! Thanks for keeping it simple sometimes it gets complicated with lots of five different exercises than every video or two is just the amount that I can remember and then go do the exercise.
This channel is the Best, I love ittt 🙌🏼
My girl told me she never felt it in her glutes too! Then I realized she was talking about exercise
Mirabai is the Legend 🎉
"Squat University" I LOVE the name!! 😂 💜
I also never feel glutes on deadlift,it is always hamestrings,lowerback and sometimes upperback
Same
How much you deadlift?
neck too
Dude I never feel my hamstrings at all. I feel 25% spinal electors, a little bit of 10% Quads and 65% glutes
I mean a deadlift isn't the most glute targeted movement out there. RDLs and hip thrusts are far more glute focused
Just tried the Lock clam. Surprisingly effective and more difficult to control than I expected.
that woman is body goals holyyy
Oooooh...listennn...I just tried it, the first one about 20 times and I feel it!! Thanks for this tip!! 🙏🏽💕
My glutes were BURNING!! 🔥 😂
I.can add that this takes stress OFF your knees. I did this Thursday. My knees feel fantastic..
My thigh was burning before I could feel my glutes…😅 At the end, I didn’t feel my glutes.
It's a struggle😭😭
Try having the motion pressed through your heel, rather than your whole foot or toes!
Whatever you’re doing for glutes… to isolate. Tilt body 45 degrees . For anything such as sumo squats. Step ups. Squats target more quad. Rdl is hamstring/glutes. If u don’t feel in ur glutes doing rdl then push through your heels.
It really works! I do these with my personal trainer and for the first time in my life as an adult now I have glutes, baby!! 🍑 🙌🏻
She knows what she’s talking about
I believe her glutes 😊
Great demonstration 🤯👌👌🤯
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Narrow stance squat - quad focus
Wider stance squat - glutes and quads
Test High bar squats
Test Low bar squats
There's not just one way to do squats, each have different effects based on a persons anatomy
When I do squats I feel quads when I do RDL’s I feel hamstring.
Same. What helped me is ‘deactivating’ hamstring on hip thrusts by doing frog pumps with weight. Also reverse hyper frog pumps for activation and any hip thrusts should be done with a band to ‘cue’ glutes instead of hamstrings taking over.
Don’t do RDL for glute. Just regular or stiff leg deadlift. And train low bar squats
That’s where your suppose to feel it lol
Instead of squats replace it with sumo squats. 45 degrees body tilt. At all time . Squats mainly for quads.
Rdl in order to feel it bend knees slightly a bit. SLIGHTLY only. N push through your heels. I normally do single leg rdl to have a better focus only one glute at a time . Then I do both.
Yeah my glutes weren't activated until my personal trainer taught me this too.
She knows how to activate her glutes.
Glute Powers.... ACTIVATE!
Most ppl in prison feel it in their glutes
my right ear enjoyed this
My left ear learned nothing
I recently moved to the countryside, and ever since I started shoveling dirt regularly, I've noticed a definite improvement in my glutes.
What if you don't feel your glutes working when doing the lock clam?
Well the movement should come from squeezing ur cheeks so..
What if you got bad knees how do we get a good squat in
This is life l😂
Improve your front thighs and front calves. In my case, my knees were bad because those muscles were weak af. SquatU has videos for that
What is a front calve? You have links?@@jjescorpiso21
@@jjescorpiso21 calves are on the back of your lower legs, not the front. Maybe you mean tibialis.
Squats hypothetically should make your knees better. Can you squat without a weight? What causes pain?
I can’t be the only one that tweaked out when only one of my headphones had audio 😂😂
My glutes activate just fine. I was brought here by the thumbnail.
Man if in was in that class she would feel it in her glutes.
😂😂
Awesome advice thank you so much for sharing ❤
Absolutely feel my glutes when doing RDLs never feel my glutes when I squat…
Same
Doing rdl i feel mostly hamstring.
Deadlifts give me a huge glute pump. Squats in second place.
Donlowbar squat
Bro is the final boss of science based lifting💀
You don't have to feel it in your glutes. Your biomechanics mostly determine if you feel it in the glutes or not.
makes sense
Thought my left airpod stopped working for a second there
Many trainers say that it doesn’t matter whether you feel your glutes or not, they activate all the same.
I don’t feel my glutes when I run. How can I fix that? Thanks
Posture, make sure you arent leaning too far forward when you run. Try doing short(less than 100% effort) sprints while tightening your core to try and get the feel.
You don’t need to feel them when running to have them work optimally - but this first exercise can be a helpful warm up to make sure they’re activated!
Why do you want to feel your glutes running?
Might be tight hip flexors? Just a guess
This video needed to be 5 minutes long. It is fundamentally undermining the audience’s trust in the SFO channel.
Men of culture, welcome
i literally needed this cause whenever i do my glute workout i barely feel anything and its so annoying 😭
This is excellent. Tried these 3 exercises today pre-glute workout. Felt it immediately. Thank you!
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@Donteventry73
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@Donteventry73
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Activation is one reason but another massive reason is people are just tight in their hips and lower back. They don’t have the range of mobility to feel the muscle lengthen and therefore target desired muscle.
Another big reason is people don’t use their toes or feet. Spread your toes into the ground during a squat, you’ll feel it in your glutes, because it improves your balance
I don’t think activation is necessary in my unprofessional opinion. If your form is correct, then your glutes are being worked/used regardless if you feel it or not. Some people get caught up in chasing the burn.
It's important bc if your gluts don't take the load, other muscles will need to compensate. The biggest problem is when the lower back compensates for the gluts and takes too much load which can cause a lot of problems
Your glutes are used in squats and rdls. People just have bad form, hence why you mentioned lower back issues .
@LaiLai.. not at all. He's shown many people using the right form but don't feel their gluts activating while doing rdls and squats. He calls it gluteal amnesia bc it's not activating when it should
If you’re training properly and progressively overloading with good exercise selction then your glutes are going to grow because the HAVE TO. If you’re doing activation or “feeling” the muscles then you’re not really strength training imo. You’re trying to feel like you’re working out without putting much effort into it.
@@angiesplaylist23your gllutes have to work in certain movement patterns tho. It’s like saying that you need yo activate your triceps before doing bench or dips or pushups. That doesn’t make any sense
I love this channel. I’m someone with just an abnormal muscularity and when I exercise I never feel that targeted muscle group activated (push-ups burn my shoulders and elbows instead of my chest and so forth) so these videos help a ton. I want to work on stability of my back and hips for dead lifts but can never activate the muscles correctly and then I see this and am like “oh, that’s how it’s supposed to feel”😂😂
For pushups, could me your positioning. Sounds like you’re flaring your elbows like crazy which will hurt you in the long run. Try twisting your wrists in ward to lock your elbows in place. Wider stance for chest. Narrow for biceps.
@@meganruhnke3962 I honestly couldn’t tell you, I just have started to work on strengthening my forearms and my shoulders to accommodate for the joint weakness so I can hopefully reduce some of that pain. I keep my form pretty consistent too (Army PRT push-ups mean your elbows stay tucked) and it just wrecks my wrists on top of the aforementioned shoulder and elbows
Yet all the woman at the gym swear it hip thrust 7 days a week.
So ppl keep saying if you want a big butt workout don’t get surgery but ppl who work out and do glutes don’t have big behinds. It’s just firm.
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You should feel it in your quads predominantly in a squat and Hamys in RDLs
Seriously. I don't feel my biceps when I bench, should I pre activate them? 😂
How to activate Glutes:
1.) Lock clam (20-25)
2.) Goblet squad with a hip band across your knees. Squat and pause and open your hip 3-5 times with pauses in open most position
Perfect example..the band is my favourite...I never use weight
lol I thought my headphones weren’t working for a sec there
Most informative gym guy I know on the internet. 💪✌️💯
Lures us in with the (again) booty, then delivers the quality info.
Chaotic good continues.
shit got me thinking my air pods broke
All explanations are commanded to be simple! That is an order!
Thank you so much for that, I tried the last one with the weight, then I felt it. 👍
Another really good one that worked for me is just lying on your back and contracting the glutes individually I swear this has been a game changer for me
Thank you for doing this video fully clothed beautiful lady in black.
Easier way... Push heels down, spread toes and press down with toes... Keep pushing both into the floor, will activate glutes through entire range of motion. Ground self and feel it in glutes, , hinge at hip, rest takes care of itself
i do stretching and yoga before my weighted workouts and it works so well
hold on dude i almost forgot to activate my cheeks
Dude that figure though. OMG!
Now I know why my coach makes me do these 😭😭 I’m like “whyyyyy, makes working out longerr “
Now I get it haha
As someone who previously never felt it in my glutes (only quads), I had a physical therapist tell me to put more of my weight in my heels, and it really made a big difference!! I’m a chronic toe-walker and former dancer, so my natural inclination is to have my weight on the balls of my feet. Shifting my weight back a little bit did the trick for me!
Thank you for saying some. I never had a problem. Right exercise. Focusing on the muscle and proper form .
Lyzabeth López is the expert of this. She started the activation method. I dint think she gets enough credit
Thank you!!! Now I can build the biggest glutes mankind has ever seen 😤
This guy is best, wisdom!
During squats I feel it in my hips and thighs only.
just tried it now and what a difference! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Just did the first exercise. Phew, boy do they work!
Damn it! This guy is good with the thumbnails 😂