Sentences with phrase «glutes in backbends»
There's a great divide among yoga teachers about the correct way to use the glutes in backbends.
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Like the Grippers, the Peacemakers believe that engaging the glutes has the potential to help the average yogi, so they ask, «Isn't there a way to contract the gluteal muscles in backbends without allowing the thighs to fly outward?
The same abducting, externally rotating action also wastes much of the glutes» energy by directing their muscular force out to the sides, rather than using it to pull the thighs straight backward in the direction of the backbend.
They agree with the Soft Pedalers that hardening the glutes can prevent superflexible yogis from reaching their full potential in backbends, but they also note a weakness in their other arguments: Every one of them is based on the assumption that tightening the buttocks will pull the thighs apart and turn them out.