Glute Training

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It seems that almost ever girl is focused on training glutes every time they come to the gym. Now this isn’t necessarily bad; after all, training a muscle 2-3 times per week has been shown to be better in comparison to once per week.
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However, the issue it when people use resistance bands for squats, hip thrusts, stiff leg deadlifts, leg press etc. What this tells us, is that we don’t have enough control over our muscles which means we need to use an external cue to allow us to contract our glutes correctly. Essentially, we can’t execute the movement correctly.
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Now resistance bands have their place. They allow for neural and muscular stimulation during our warm up to prepare our muscle for dealing with the weight. This is the time when you should be feeling that cramping sensation in your glutes.
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If you’re reading this and have no idea what this cramping is, you need to scale back on the exercise and relearn the movement patterns. If you’re going to the gym and using resistance bands on squats and hip thrusts to activate and ‘feel’ your glutes, take a step back and relearn the movement pattern.
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This may seem counterproductive to your goals in the short term, but long term this will make your training so much more effective!
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