Advanced techniques in glutei maximi strengthening

While training women and athletes at his Scottsdale fitness studio, Bret Contreras “The Glute Guy”, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and personal trainer, developed some unique exercises and methods that target the glutes.

Suspecting that his methods were much more effective than what the other experts were doing, Contreras ventured out to scientifically measure how hard the glutes were contracting during various “glute” exercises. He was trained by Noraxon to test the electrical activity of muscles, a process known as electromyography or EMG.

As “The Glute Guy” Contreras’s innovative new glute exercises

provide a pump and burning sensation in the glutes; something that cannot be said of squats, deadlifts, or lunges, so they let you know you’re working the right area.

Another benefit to these exercises is that they are much easier on the knees and lower back than squats, deadlifts, and lunges.

Possessing strong glutes can help