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Pregnancy & Postpartum

‼️ If you are prone to lazy glutes and jump right into exercise without loosening up the overachieving muscles first (ahem, hamstrings I’m looking at you ?), you’re going to want to try this !!

I can always feel a major difference in how much glute contraction I get when I loosen and stretch my hamstrings and TFL before doing glute work like bridges. ? Here is my FULL (aka long) tutorial … link to my channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Fitmamasb… I’ll post the condensed videos of just the exercises tomorrow ☺️

‼️ If you are prone to lazy glutes and jump right into exercise without loosening up the overachieving muscles first (ahem, hamstrings I’m looking at you ?), you’re going to want to try this !! Read More »

Glute Amnesia – I’m not sure who coined this term (maybe Dr. Stuart McGill?) but I like it.

It essentially means that your BOOTY has forgotten how to contract. Not kidding. ??‍♀️ ? Why does this happen? Really, anything that causes your glutes to sit in a lengthened position where they don’t get much action can cause them to turn off. Also, if the opposing muscles are tight (hip flexors) the glutes get

Glute Amnesia – I’m not sure who coined this term (maybe Dr. Stuart McGill?) but I like it. Read More »

Do you have glute amnesia or are your glutes not firing like they should (especially after pregnancy).

This causes our hamstrings, hip flexors, low back extensors and adductors to do more work than they should further emphasizing poor compensation patterns and causing pain! Follow for exercises on how to test and work with this! ?

Do you have glute amnesia or are your glutes not firing like they should (especially after pregnancy). Read More »

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