Barbell squats may be crowned as the ‘GOAT’ exercise for your glutes, but if you don’t enjoy them, please stop torturing yourself, there are plenty of other alternative exercises out there. In fact, we’ll let you into a little secret – while squats are a brilliant compound exercise that hit multiple muscles in the lower body, there are other exercises out there that can hone in on your glute muscles more. Coach Adam Collard, shares the three he’d recommend and they can all be performed with a single dumbbell.
There’s so much more to training glutes than simply having a nice butt. As the largest muscle in our body, our glutes play a massive role in facilitating stability and movement, as they keep our pelvis stable and help rotate the hip joint. “Weak glutes can also lead to instability, as the muscles are not able to provide the proper stability for the hip and knee joints,” says Surrey Physio. “This can put undue strain on the joints, leading to increased risk of injury.”
