4 exercises to activate the glutes according to crossfitter Brent Fikowski

Brent Fikowski is a Canadian CrossFit athlete who has been a regular participant in the Reebok CrossFit Games since 2016.

• 2016 - 4th place
• 2017 - 2nd place
• 2018 - 4th place
• 2019 - 23rd place

From time to time, this skilled athlete adds to his instagram some examples from his training sessions or even some of his training tips. One of these tips is the video that is the subject of today's article. These are four exercises to activate your glutes. We should definitely not underestimate the glutes, as it is one of the largest muscles of the human body and very often even trainers encounter that it is the gluteal muscle that is rather weakened.

We would definitely recommend you to try these exercises, but in any case, practice them at the beginning of your training - as we have already mentioned, these are activation exercises. However, if your goal is to strengthen the gluteus maximus, you can check our exercise database for exercises designed for this purpose.

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Here are a few of my favourite glute exercises I use in warmups. Tag someone who always has a sore lower back and aching knees ? 1) One leg glute bridge, with the non-working leg moving moving out and back. Learned this one from @dr.benjamin.j.stevens 2) Kettlebell sumo deadlift with #bands around the top of BOTH legs. I made this up, prove me wrong. 3) Hip extensions on GHD with a pause. 4) One leg glute bridge while squeezing a ball in the hip of non-working leg. Learned this by watching a video of @steficohen warming up. #warmup #glutes #buttocks #?

Příspěvek sdílený Brent Fikowski (@fikowski), Srp 6, 2020 v 8:53 PDT

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