It’s #humpday ! It’s also glutes day for me! Glutes are a muscle group that get harder and harder to build as we age. Gravity is not our friend 🤣 To develop our glutes, we not only have to work them consistently, we have to make sure we are activating them properly too. If we don’t, we recruit other muscles. The load can transfer to the hamstrings and quads. This can not only be a waste of your hard work in the gym, it can lead to imbalances in the body as well as knee, hip and lower back pain. In fact, knee and lower back pain can be a sign your glutes are not firing. Before working your glutes, complete 15 reps of each of these activation exercises: donkey kicks with ankle weights fire hydrants with ankle weights glute bridges banded clamshells banded squats banded side steps Position the bands just above your knees for the banded work. 📸 dave_laus #humpday #gluteworkout #gluteactivation #fitover40 #strongwomen #ladiesthatlift #trainer