Why you should stop doing squats!
Published: Thu, 11/01/18
To understand why so many programs get it wrong, let’s look at the muscle.
The glutes are made up of three muscles, the Gluteus Maximus, Gluteus Medius and Gluteus Minimus. Each plays a role in stabilizing, supporting and mobilizing the legs, hips and lower half of the body.
Without getting too technical, there are three planes of motion glute muscles need to experience to grow.
If you want shapely glutes, you have to train all THREE planes of motion to get fullness - vertical, horizontal and rotational.
Most people do squats and deadlifts which are vertical movements. You still need to do lateral movements and twisting movements.
So you see why most programs fail because they don't target all three planes of motion.
Here's what complicates it. There isn’t one exercise that targets all three. To guarantee you target every part of each muscle you need three different exercise strategies in all three different planes of motion.
And that's why glute-specific training is the key to unlocking their power…
The Fix - Glute-specific training
To fully develop your glutes, your training needs to focus on two elements:
1) glute-specific movements and
2) targeting all three muscles, with all three exercise strategies in all three planes of motion.
By far, the biggest myth holding you back is that squats, lunges and deadlifts are glute exercises.
They’re not. They’re leg exercises. They can activate the glutes incidentally, but they're all about the legs.
If you want stronger glutes, why aren’t you doing glute strengthening exercises?
You can see why it's easy to fall back on big compound moves, but there are 36 GLUTE-SPECIFIC movements to target each part of your butt. Some people - coaches included - may find that intimidating but there's a simple way around it.
There's a "secret" known to many models and fitness competitors who know a thing or two about sculpting a powerful butt. And it may transform how you work out.
Quite simply, they DON'T train glutes and legs together. (Why would they? They're completely different.)
Instead, they dedicate at least two sessions per week solely to hit their glutes. Their leg days fit around that.
It makes sense when you think about it.
Glutes are the biggest muscle in your body. They get to have their OWN day.
So the question is, are you serious enough about growing your butt to follow in the footsteps of fitness competitors and commit to glute-only days?
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Coach Brian
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