20 Best Glute Exercises to Power Your Biggest Lifts and Build a Better Butt

The best glute exercises—think hip thrusts, Romanian deadlifts, and squat variations—are often overshadowed by workout routines that target the more prominent show muscles of the chest, abs, shoulders, and back. But that’s a huge disservice to your gains. Beyond helping your legs look better and lift heavier, strong glutes are essential for athletic performance. “Sprinting, jumping, cutting … Read more

20 Glute Exercises to Get Your Best Butt

Strong glutes are not born; they’re made. Genetics play a role, as NFL linemen know, but most of us lose pronounced glute muscles by sitting all day and skipping stairs. Making matters worse is we head to the gym and devote most of our time to our upper bodies, ignoring leg workouts and arguably our … Read more

35 Best Glute Exercises of All Time

Strong glutes are crucial for explosive performance and safeguarding your low back and joints. Here’s how to develop yours. We’re in the midst of a glutes renaissance. Thanks to Instagram, the increased focus on functional fitness, men and women are trying to build stronger, better butts. And with that goal comes the quest for better, more … Read more

How to Activate Your Glutes Before You Run or Lift

Most people, even elite athletes, rarely activate glutes. As a result, people never take full advantage of these tremendously powerful muscles that should be a big part of everyday movement. Instead, we spend most of our time sitting on our glutes, which causes the muscles opposite them—the hip flexors—to become tight and inactive. Deactivated glutes … Read more