Channel: Redefining Strength

Category: Howto & Style

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Description: The Most Overrated Glute Exercise The clamshell exercise is a staple of any rehab program that calls for glute activation moves. But honestly, it’s slightly overrated. And so often done INCORRECTLY. We end up rotating to get a bigger range of motion. We engage other muscles to try and rush to progress the move and add a band. We aren’t intentional with the move while focusing on what we feel working. But part of that is actually because it is so easy to cheat. For such a seemingly simple move, it is so easy for us to cheat and compensate and ultimately perpetuate the existing issues by overusing the same muscles we are trying to avoid overusing. All too often this basic move perpetuates the problem instead of activating the muscles we want it to. We end up engaging our TFL or overworking our piriformis over actually getting our glute medius to pull it’s weight. That’s why I wanted to share with you one of my favorite Glute Medius Activation Moves to do instead and 3 key cues to help you dial in your clam form if you decide to use that rehab moves as well.