Not every muscle gets immortalized in a rap song, but the glutes do more than look good in pants. Beyond the vanity benefits, the glutes help you do fun things in and out of the gym.
Although the gluteus maximus gets all the attention, the gluteus medius and minimus provide the stability that lets the glute max do its job better. That’s why it’s important to focus on all three, not just one.
How you train them matters, too.
Compound lifts hit them hard and heavy, but isolation exercises are necessary to train all glute functions and muscles. You can also load them in different ways: from a lengthened position (think RDL) and from a shortened…
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