"It's about time strong glutes experience a resurgence in pop culture. These powerful posterior hip muscles have always been crucial to everyday actions you likely take for granted, namely standing up, climbing stairs, running, and practicing yoga, not to mention simply standing upright. With fashion finally catching up with function, you'll experience these benefits of strong glutes when you practice these glute-strengthening exercises. Sneak them into your existing yoga practice or include them in your gym workout."
"Try Broken Toe in Bird Dog Pose Balancing Table Pose or Bird Dog is a common warm-up in yoga classes for a reason-it builds body awareness, balance, and strength in the upper body, back body and core in ways that prepare you for the poses that follow. But with so much going on, it's easy to overlook the glute strengthening you could experience there."
Strong glutes are powerful posterior hip muscles that enable standing, stair climbing, running, yoga, and maintaining upright posture. Targeted yoga variations isolate and strengthen the posterior muscles. Begin by practicing each pose once, then progress to additional sets; short routines can include single exercises during spare moments. In Bird Dog, keep hands grounded, lift the leg by engaging glutes instead of arching the back, tuck the toes of the supporting foot, and shift hips back to encourage a slight rounding of the low back; lowering to the forearms increases intensity. Lingering longer in Chair Pose increases strengthening benefits.
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