Dormant butt, Dead Butt or Gluteal Amnesia. All unfortunate terms used to describe the same thing: weak glutes. Whether we sit most of the day or only stick to one form of exercise most of us aren’t properly using our glute muscles and more people than you think are experiencing this condition.

Even if you balance out your sitting all day with a post work workout heavy with squats you’re not quite getting it right.  If the glutes are under-active or weak they won’t be able to perform these popular tushy building exercises properly and will have the opposite effect. 

Your body will recruit the muscles ready and willing to do the work to keep you from falling over and allow the glutes to get away with little help. 

Learning to activate your glutes properly is important so that you can strengthen them.

Strong glutes will protect you from pain and injury. And allow you to rock the squats and move throughout your day with ease. 

Before you head back to the gym to squat or donkey kick let’s reeducate the glutes with these 3 exercises:

Lie down on your belly with your legs out long behind you.  Maintain even weight in your hips the entire time.