Unlock your glutes: 3 essential exercises for a stronger butt

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. There is always a starting point in a fitness goal. But the beauty about making workouts a way of life is that the progression never stops.

There are goals, but there is no final destination. When one starts doing push-ups, the aim has to be to get one right, but never stop at one. Increase it to five, then 10, 20, and then add time challenges, weights, and then increase the weights.

This is progression and the better you get at an exercise, the more you want to make it more challenging. The starting point exercises for working on the glutes are simple: floor bridges, squats, Bulgarian squats, lunges, single-leg cable raises and so on. But it’s easy to plateau with these movements, and this is where more advanced exercises come in.

Advanced does not mean more weights, rather slightly more complicated movements with a little more targeted work. This is important because of how large the glute muscle is, and the way it is divided. There are the three main ones, which are easy to remember: gluteus maximus, medius, and minimus.

There is also the tensor fasciae latae, which is a small but important stabiliser for the iliotibial band, the thigh, and even the knee. Glute health is also directly related with lower back health. This is because of the muscles in the region being so important for extension of the body.