Gluteal Muscle Activation During Common Therapeutic Exercises.
Not exact matches
These are especially important when you work out your tush, since many people have pretty poor glute
activation — i.e. their
gluteal muscles do not fire when they perform the exercises, and often it's their quadriceps which end up taking on the bulk of the work.
You can incorporate variations of the squat, in order to target different
muscles more specifically: The front squat focuses more on the quadriceps, whereas the back squat (recommended over the front squat, because it recruits more
muscle activation) works the
gluteals and hamstrings more.