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When we exercise, our glutes help us to stabilize our pelvis and our hips. Building the glutes will increase your power as you exercise. Here are a few exercises to help you be injury-free while you train.

Single Leg Squat

  • Start by standing on one foot
  • Sit back and slowly lower your body
  • Pause for three seconds and slowly rise up, but do not drop your hip
  • Repeat on opposite side
  • Perform two sets of eight repetitions with each leg

Lateral Mini-band Walk

  • With the mini-band around your ankles, start with feet shoulder-width apart and in an athletic stance
  • Step your left foot laterally while maintaining the athletic stance
  • Step your right foot laterally while maintaining tension on the band
  • Continue this pattern for 15 yards
  • Repeat in opposite direction

Inverted Hamstring

  • Stand upright with your arms at your sides and your shoulder blades pinched together
  • Bend forward at the waist and extend your right leg straight behind you, creating a straight line from your right shoulder, hips and knee, directly to your right heel
  • Be sure to keep your back flat and your abdomen tight
  • Once you feel a stretch through your hamstring, hold for two to four seconds, then return to starting position
  • Swing your right leg through and step forward, then repeat on the left side
  • Perform two sets of 10 repetitions with each leg

Lateral Step Ups

  • Stand upright with one foot on a step, knee bent
  • Tighten the thigh muscles of the bent knee to straighten your leg, lifting your other leg off the ground
  • Slowly bend the knee on the step to start position
  • Perform two sets of 10 repetitions with each leg