Most people yet alone triathletes have lazy gluts – why?
Its simple, too much time sat on them.
Whether thats in the car, office or at home, when you are sitting they are switched off. The chair In fact is a relatively modern invention in the history of human kind.
In fact certain cultures still don’t have them – granted they are ones we are never likely to meet, in a rainforest somewhere.
When you think of cycling you are sat down and the gluts will certainly struggle to be used.
Yet running you definitely need them to fight injury but also be lightning quick.
Solving this though is not so simple but why do you need to?
The gluts are massive muscles and if they don’t work properly you increase the risk of injury and limit your performance – simple as that.
If their not firing then you won’t be as efficient especially running as you could be.
Injuries include issues around the knee, hip and back and stem from the instability that occurs around those joints from the lazy gluts.
That instability compounded with the repetitive nature of our sport is a recipe for disaster.
Is there anything nutritionally you can do for this?
No.
However training wise there is an awful lot you can do and this time of year is the time to do it.
The time where you can work on your weaknesses and throw a few strength sessions in to your routine.
The best exercises include:
– Lunges
– Split squats
– Hip thrusts
– Back squats
– Pistol squats
If you don’t know what any of these are then a simple you tube search will get you on your way.
In the meantime try and throw this exercise into your routine and you won’t go far wrong:
Jamie “booty licious” Leighton