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Charlotte Ganderton, Physiotherapy lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology

Glute force: why big, strong bum muscles matter for your overall health

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The glutes are the large, powerful muscles in your bum that help support the pelvis, stabilise the hip joint and allow the hip to move.

Countless social media posts extol the virtues of building strong glutes through exercises such as squats. However, most of what you hear from such “gymfluencers” is about how the bum muscles look.

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