Im talking GLUTES/BUTT Muscles! Did you know that you can simultaneously improve your posture, stabilize your knee and hip joints, and relieve your lower back pain by engaging the trio of muscles that make up the GLUTES? And did you know that doing Yoga or PiYo (the program that I do consistently) specifically emphasizes the activation of the GLUTES? Heres WHY PiYo and/or Yoga can be beneficial in SO many ways! GLUTE muscles play a vital role in the health of our lumbar spine, sacrum, hip joints, and knees—when and if we use them properly. If we don’t (which is quite often the case), the result is joint problems as well as overdeveloped and tight hamstrings. Lets get TECHNICAL and break down the ANATOMY: GLUTEUS MAXIMUS is a hip extensor: that is, it takes the thigh back behind us, stretching the front of the hip. It also laterally rotates the hip, making the thigh turn out. Both of these actions are integral, even just walking, and if gluteus maximus is not allowed to do its job well, other muscles—notably the hamstrings—have to compensate, becoming tight and overdeveloped in the process. GLUTEUS MEDIUS has the task of stabilizing the thigh bone in the hip socket when we put weight on the leg. For instance, when we balance on one leg in Yoga Poses and/or PiYo Poses, gluteus medius keeps our hips level and keeps us from wobbling or tipping sideways. It does this by contracting at the outer edge of the hip (abducting the thigh) to prevent the pelvis from tipping toward the side of the raised leg. Even more important, it plays an essential role in the simple act of walking; without this muscle, we would fall over sideways each time we lifted a leg to take a step. Gluteus medius has a crescent or half-moon shape, and it attaches along the outer rim of the hip bone, extending from the sacrum at the back of the pelvis to the head of the thigh bone at the front. GLUTEUS MINIMUS- At the deepest layer, gluteus minimus inwardly rotates and flexes the hip—essentially the opposite of what gluteus maximus does—and thus it provides a balance of action, complementing gluteus maximus. It also abducts the hip, preventing the thigh bone from jamming into the joint when we flex the hip. Heres the full article I read, that I thought really did a great job of breaking it down, and showing how Yoga or a workout like PiYo can really HELP the body in the recruitment of the glutes! Ive also included a sample clip of me doing a PiYo sequence. In PiYo, we also do many of the poses included in the Yoga International article, but we make it much more dynamic! If youre curious and/or want more info on PiYo, dont hesitate to contact me! Ill be posting my next Online Piyo Challenge start date soon! yogainternational/article/view/recruit-the-glutes
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:00:49 +0000
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