WANT TO RUN FASTER, STRONGER AND HEALTHIER?
STRONG GLUTES ARE THE KEY TO POWERFUL, CONSISTENT RUNNING.
That’s because this muscle group – composed of the gluteus maximus, medius and minimus – is the biggest in the body, and it’s not there just to look good in jeans. The glutes keep us standing upright, separating us humans from our hunched-over primate ancestors, and they power the body forward and uphill, says Dr Greg Grosicki, an assistant professor of kinesiology at Georgia Southern University in the US.
In short, these muscles can help you run, and run fast.
Research shows that runners can go harder when their backsides are built up. In fact, a small Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise study found the glutes of pro sprinters were 45% larger…
