Thank you Mr. Bowman. I have been to a PT and a chiropractor for lower right lumbar pain in the muscle. I lift weights and use to be able to deadlift twice my body weight. They ruled out any spinal injury and in fact said my spine was very healthy. They said I had lateral pelvic tilt and that was putting my lumbar spine in a very compromising situation. It is due to my glutes being comparatively small compared to the rest of my lower body and the fact that my right glute is way smaller than my left. The explanation you gave is a way better and the exercises you gave make so much more sense. You offer knowledge that is so hard to find using google and believe me I really looked hard before I went to the PT. Again thank you I have subscribed :D
GuerrillaZen Fitness Hi. thanks for your awesome videos. my left glute is rounding and good shape but my right side look flabby and smaller. could you please guide me how to fix that.
Who else here has a weaker right side 🙋♀️🙋♂️ btw thank you SO MUCH for this video.. I never knew what my problem was with why my glutes were imbalanced and no matter what videos I watched I couldn’t seem to figure out. This video helped me figure out I have overactive hip flexors on my right side..
Dude.. Your a life savor. After doing your 3 day functional training AND anterior pelvic tilt correction exercises my hips are finally in a neutral position, my glutes are firing, and my posture is so much better. Pain is going away AND I can live again. Thanks your awesome!
because of too much confusing talking. info is good, but that much sound noise puts a brain in a buzzz and oops... the brain doesn't want to come back :)
I like that the instructor talks fast. That challenges me to pay close attention and THINK faster. I also stop the video at appropriate intervals (like when he’s about to demonstrate the next exercise/stretch) so I can look and mentally recap that segment. This is a great advantage to be able to instantly stop, start & repeat! This is one of the really SMART fitness/therapy instructors!
The hamstring! That’s my exact problem. My right glute burns so good and get so sore but I can literally feel my hamstring firing instead of my left glute! Thank you so much!
Got this weird issue. when I do lunges I can feel it in my left glute but not my right one, the feel my leg moreso in the right leg and I think my form is off on that side and dont know how to fix it
Thank you for the video. My left glute refuses to activate causing tension in hip flexor , pelvic imbalance all the time. Becomes chronic pain. I’m gonna add your techniques to the exercises that prescribed by my therapist.
I know that this is a to yr old video, but I have hope. Lol. So I hope you can 👀 my question. Ok. So here's my problem... I have a small case of scoliosis that I only had therapy for in my teen yrs, unstable patella in both knees, bursitis in left hip, and a weak glut in my left duke cheek. So what do I work on first/the most? Also, can I use a can of Bush Baked Beans if I don't have a ball?
thank you. i noticed when doing squats i felt it more in my left leg and glute. so now my left glute is bigger than my right. i still have muscle but its a bit smaller on my right. im gonna keep doing this
Holy crap I've been going to PT for a month and it's beginning to feel like she doesn't know what to do anymore and this seems to pick up right where she's lacking. Amazing.
I have a weaker glute but I believe it’s because my hips are off balance. Can you make a video on getting your hips back in alignment? My right hip is shifted down and forward, and therefore my right glute works much harder just by mechanics
I thought that too, but it turned out that wasn't the problem. Now they're aligned, but one glute is still weaker (actually, my whole lefg side is weaker)
Thank youuuu!! Today I tried your methods and for the first time I actually felt my left glute FULLY "fire" during squat and abductor machine -- something i struggled with for years. So thank you v much 💓
Hope you find this useful I think u do all of them before your work out and maybe after (expect shutting down the hamstrings u do them every set) (3:50 How To Balance Your Glutes) Shut down hamstrings Roll a ball or medicine ball under the upper part of the hamstring all the way to the pointy butt bone for about 30 seconds, do this after ever set. (7:45 How To Balance Your Glutes) Hip flexor stretch Put the weaker glute knee down to the ground put your other hand on the knee that's out. Maintain good posture and you also want to posterior tuck the pelvis and tilt it in. Don't let your back arch and your pelvis tilt forward, tuck it underneath. Then u rock forward as you simultaneously rock forward u squeeze your butt and come back to a neutral position (doing it again). You can do this 30 to 50 time each time you rock forward try to squeeze the butt a little bit harder and try to go a little bit farther in front by just a small micro millimeter further in front each subsequent rep (10:05 How To Balance Your Glutes) Hip abduction You just lay on your side for this make sure your toes point forward and your raise your leg up. Don't like your toes point up just to the side (straight) the whole time. You can also do this while standing up do this in 4-5 sets of 15 reps every time u do this. You also have to do this on both sides. (11:05 How To Balance Your Glutes) Hip Internal rotation Take the ball that u had earlier and pintch (put) that between your knees, also keep your body sideways and your raise your ankle up in the air and then come down. 4-5 sets of 15 reps do this immediately following or prior to the hip abduction. (11:58 How To Balance Your Glutes) Hip flexors Get your ball, and in between these set of exercise side lying, leg raise, and the internal ration, you'd put your hip flexor muscle down on the ball. And you roll them out in between sets.
I can't figure out which glute is weaker. One is larger and saggy the other is small and more lifted. :/ I think my pelvis is crooked, I'm still confused what to do.
Same. One of my cheeks looks so perfect. Not sure about my hips being uneven. I suffered a broken tailbone during child birth and have had nerve issues with my non dominant leg since. :/
I think some of these imbalances can be fixed. I've been working on evening my hips and pelvis for a while now. Slow progress, but seems to be working.
Well done again!!! This was really helpful. I have EXTREMELY overpowering hip flexors. It’s almost impossible for me to even be able to activate my glute during the hip flexor/lunge-like stretch. I’ve followed a bunch of your recommendations (your APT videos are the cats pajamas) and my pelvic tilt and dominating hip flexors are finally beginning to chill out. And, I can FEEL my glutes activate. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and explaining it in a way that is easy to grasp.
This content is outstanding. I personally have a hip flexor and hamstring issue on the same side and some of these movements especially the hip internal rotation blew my mind! Thanks !
Try warm up exercises that activates the glutes first, eg band between feet /ankles crab walks, monster walks etc. If your Quad dominate the quads will take over everything the Glutes are meant to do. Thats what I teach all my clients
Thank you this was really thorough. I definitely have an overactive TFL muscle from sitting at work all day and driving, and going to long without exercising and then jumping into running full blast. So thank you!
My glutes are so lopsided that I feel my pelvis twist every step I walk. The more I do glute moves trying to focus on the weak side, the stronger the strong side gets, eventually taking over and doing all the work. Thank you for all the explanation and solutions. And I LOVE the alien analogy. Love ya!
Hi great video I have severe nerve pain and many muscles in my hip, lower back and pelvis I think my gluteus one side are not firing and my pisiform is over working and pushing on my nerves do you have any super gentle exercises you can recommend, thanks Helen
I´v had this problem for ages and nobody really could help me fix it, only temporarily. The Chiropractor helps with aligning the hips becausse my lower back hurts, i get massage to get help with the tight muscles. But this is the key to nog get it to go back again! You see the whole picture! Thank You!!!
i thought it was my hip flexors, but i noticed i cant do one legged hip thrusts because my left hamstring cramps up and i dont feel it in my glute. which is my weak glute. ty for this!!
First of all thank you for this valuable video. Till now I did not realized or told I may have this kind of problem. I would like to ask and confirm what may be beneficial for my situation. I always (almost) got higher tension on my left legs muscles (mainly hamstring) when walking (even sitting or lying or standing sometimes). I feel that I make weight bearing to my left leg even I try to balance my weight bearing I could not manage most of the time. This causes my left leg to have aches (around the knee cap and inner part of the shin). This cycle continues everyday although I am trying to rehab myself properly. Other symptoms includes; when standing I could not control my left leg (it tends to go backwards more than other leg kind of instable), my right foot is inward position (overpronation i guess) so this also effects my right leg to become stiffer sometimes (since I got an ACL recon 9 months ago to my right knee), my right ankle hurts when running and my left knee hurts when running (tends to be in a flexed position when running). Today I realized that my right glute muscles is much more firmer than left side. Also the strength of is seems to be higher than left side. When standing on one leg I could easily control my right leg (although it was surgically repaired) but could not control left leg well. I may also have leg discrepancy. I am really confused regarding whether my problem stems from the over pronation of right foot or over pronation stems from muscle imbalance. What may be the exact cause? Where should I begin? And do you suggest me to use a custom insole for my right foot? I will be more than happy (since i got this condition more than 1,5 years) if you could help me about this issue. It means a lot for me. I am ready to progress. But I really would like to concentrate to the right targets. Many, many thanks!
cheri nielsen bro how did you train ur glutes after acl, i feel some imbalance while running and walking(after acl surgery) My hip feels a bit outwards and hamstrings arnt firing up yet.
This is the best video I have come accros in making me understanding my problem and providing solutions. I will definitely concentrate on these to get improvement. Thank you so much.
Thank you! I didn’t notice this about my body till recently when I went to the chiropractor and now I am very embarrassed/ self conscious. I will be using these exercises!
My right buttock is bigger than the left buttock even my right side have a curve shape while the left side is flat. I dont feel any pain. But i want to know whether it is lateral pelvic tilt or glute imbalance or leg lenth difference???? Pls reply this.... pls
this is the perfect video for me. thank you soooooo much man. respect 10000000% for you man you solve the biggest problem of my life. thanks man!! thank you soo much.
I have hip OA and I notice the glute muscles on that bad side don't want to engage! I definitely have overactive hamstrings and IT bands! This is exactly what I was looking for
Thank you so much! This is the only video that actually understood my problem. It has been a week doing these exercises and I have seen quite a lot of improvement on my weaker side. I can't thank you enough.
I also do my exercises in the tub and or shower To also put less strain on that weaker glutes at the same time putting more Repa on the strnger side of the glutes to get an balancing FIRE
I always thought that power-lifting was the answer to all physical problems. But, no matter how many squats I did, it was still difficult to go up stairs or do those one leg bridges or one leg squats (note: I'm 74 but like to compete in discus and shotput). So, now I'm doing more one limb exercises and forcing all the various muscle groups to fire and work. There seems to be something inherently "bad?" about barbell exercises as compared to dumbbell work. I think barbells allow the weaker side, arm, leg to hide as the strong side, arm, leg takes over to finish the exercise. Dumbbells create a better mind-muscle connection and forces the weaker muscles to do their full share of work. Kind of like the one leg hip thrust.
My whole body is like this.. all my muscles are different sizes..noticed it when i was 14yr old now im 34 and been having alot of problems lately specially in my pelvic floor.
I have Multiple Schlerosis. When I lay my left leg flat and bend and extend it twist in wards and won’t extend in a straight line. How do I fix That? I appreciate your help
Thank you this was sooo helpful! I wish I had seen this a year ago. So grateful for your free stuff. It is wonderful to get information like this. You are good at presenting !
Could you put a video of all the exercises together. Not a long explanation of each exercise please. Just something to remind us of the "existence" of each exercise because I always forget all of exercises. Maybe a 3 sec explanation of what the exercise does but please I've watched your videos SO MANY times I get very inpatient. My memory has been so bad and I Hurt so bad I'm desperate, but I end up watching the same stuff i over and over spending more time researching than actual follow through because I never get improvement. I've tried PT but they essentially tell me the same thing and charge me $45 each session. I've finally figured out how to help my thoracic A LITTLE BIT and what helps...ice...when it's irritated, but it's taken me 30 years. I've had problems with my thoracic s since i was 7. However I can not figured out how to help my lumbar which was never a problem until about 8 years a ago. I'm totally lost and going more and more into a depressive state to where I'm just giving up and the pain meds really only make my situation tolerable and are just about useless. I've got a nuroloist, a chiropractor, a pt, and a pain management now and I'M JUST F* ING MISERABLE 😢please help
This happens to me A LOT. I'm a hema practitioner and soon instructer of military swords of the industrial period. I also practice italian rapier. This has left me with a really nice and juciy right glute, but a left glute thats barely good enough. I tried to offset this with drilling with both my right and left arm, trying to do lunges and recovering to gain that snappy contraction that I feel on my right cheek, but it has all failed.
I feel like i am very quad dominate. My quads are always tight as well as my hips but when i squat and do other exercises my quads are on fire and my glutes are turned off
Is the WEAKER side the smaller butt cheek or the bigger one....my right butt cheek is bigger and it doesn't feel like those muscles work it feels more relaxed...but my left butt cheek is smaller and it feels like I use that entire leg more
I don't understand why synergistic dominance should occur if you squad since squads do not only strengthen the glutes but also the quadriceps which are the antagonists of the harmstrings. Could you elaborate on that?
Thank you SO MUCH for this video!! I knew that my left-side glutes were not firing as they should, but the only 'solution' I had heard of was to do 'clamshells' to activate the medius glute on that side. I was doing those on my left-side exclusively before doing glute bridges, but although I could feel it working when doing the clam, I could not feel my left glute firing at all after the bridges... When I tested the glute contraction on both sides, just while standing, there was a clear contraction on the right but nothing at all on the left. Your video is incredibly helpful for a few reasons, including 1) the education portion of it, which helps me make sense of and self-diagnose the problem, and 2) the solutions (rolling out and stretching, using exercises that do not make use of the inhibitors). Also, you mentioned that it's not good to exercise only one side, even if attempting to correct an imbalance... Thanks for all the information, clearly explained!
11:20 I saw a guy in another video mention thrusting your hips forward while doing this ( the whole time ) to correct Anterior Pelvic Tilt. Also thank you for this video. My right side is bigger and a whole different shape 😂
11:20 I saw a guy in another video mention thrusting your hips forward while doing this ( the whole time ) to correct Anterior Pelvic Tilt. Also thank you for this video. My right side is bigger and a whole different shape 😂
I guess I’m the only one confused! My right side is stronger completely! I wore acl brace and leg sleeve on left leg in high school n freshman yr of college my patella would randomly dislocate and cause me to depend only on my right leg. Therefor my right side has hamstring dominance and glut Dominance it’s like my left side has no activation at all in the hamstrings or glutes?
Thank youuu! I've been having trouble activating lately, and felt an imbalance and this has already helped on my first try! My gluten are firing for the first time in a long time! Liked and subscribed! Thanks again!
Imbalance Glutes Thats why u at time cannot use the same exercise for the weaker glutes U may have to count less Reps Depending on what the weak glutes will allow u to do to It may take more Reps as well on the weakest side of the glutes
Thankyou for this. I`ve got weak glutes, been a runner and cyclist all my life, but an injury at work 30 years ago damaged my left knee and at 60 I had a THR on left .The scar goes across the glute and the glute and thigh on that leg are weaker.Ive downloaded your 3 day training!
Awesome info man, i just though i'd watch it casually until i figured out i was suffering from that too. lol. And you even have a workout plan. Thanks a lot. Imma start using the 3 day functional training split immediately.
You need to invest on some basic video editing, have pictures to demonstrate anatomy or get a chart and write a list of areas... difficult to follow without.
3 Day Functional Training Split: guerrillazen.com/functional-training-plan
Thank you Mr. Bowman. I have been to a PT and a chiropractor for lower right lumbar pain in the muscle. I lift weights and use to be able to deadlift twice my body weight. They ruled out any spinal injury and in fact said my spine was very healthy. They said I had lateral pelvic tilt and that was putting my lumbar spine in a very compromising situation. It is due to my glutes being comparatively small compared to the rest of my lower body and the fact that my right glute is way smaller than my left. The explanation you gave is a way better and the exercises you gave make so much more sense. You offer knowledge that is so hard to find using google and believe me I really looked hard before I went to the PT. Again thank you I have subscribed :D
Glad to be of service kenneth :)
Thank you Blake!
Thank you because I didn't know how to fix this
GuerrillaZen Fitness Hi. thanks for your awesome videos.
my left glute is rounding and good shape but my right side look flabby and smaller. could you please guide me how to fix that.
Who else here has a weaker right side 🙋♀️🙋♂️
btw thank you SO MUCH for this video.. I never knew what my problem was with why my glutes were imbalanced and no matter what videos I watched I couldn’t seem to figure out. This video helped me figure out I have overactive hip flexors on my right side..
I do!
Hi Reem. I have this too. Do you have lateral pelvic tilt as a result? I.e right hip is higher than the left
Pho they have videos for a tight ql
Me! I do, I do, I do.
And it gives me patellar tendinitis
Gonna do this coz my left won't turn on. It's always my right glute.
Same ^^ I feel my right engaging but not the left one 🤦🏽♀️
Do you sleep on your left side
Same and i always get trigered when this happens
@@treharrison4097 i sleep on my right side :/ and it make my butt even bigger :(
And I feel it alot in my hamstrings instead of my butt...
Dude.. Your a life savor. After doing your 3 day functional training AND anterior pelvic tilt correction exercises my hips are finally in a neutral position, my glutes are firing, and my posture is so much better. Pain is going away AND I can live again. Thanks your awesome!
over active side =weaker side right..?
@@taimoorkhalid6388 did u find out its answer?
Oh my gosh did I finally find my problem of 30 years!?!?!?
Anterior pelvic tilt exercises - where can I find them?
@@taimoorkhalid6388 no
I always do a half assed job in the gym and I want my gains to reflect it.
BWAH!
L1/2mao
😂😂🤣
you get internet points today, sir
😂😂😂😂bravo bro bravo 😂😂😂👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
My right gluteus medius is growing bigger. Even when I do left isolating exercises while laying down, I feel my right side firing to keep balance
You remind me of Marv from home alone 😭 in a good way! Lol.. thank you for the video!
Lol. It’s the hair and beard...I think.
lauren elise 😂
@Rob Roy 😂
So true
He does!
Why do you not have more subscribers?! You actually seem like you know what you're talking about and you're videos are amazing.
Haha, thank you man :)
because of too much confusing talking. info is good, but that much sound noise puts a brain in a buzzz and oops... the brain doesn't want to come back :)
I love Blake. Been watching him for a long time and have learned a lot! Just about every video applies to me lol
I like that the instructor talks fast. That challenges me to pay close attention and THINK faster. I also stop the video at appropriate intervals (like when he’s about to demonstrate the next exercise/stretch) so I can look and mentally recap that segment. This is a great advantage to be able to instantly stop, start & repeat! This is one of the really SMART fitness/therapy instructors!
If one glute weaker than the other, do I still workout both glutes or just focus on the weak one to catch-up with the one glute that is working?
Great question
Do both ones
train the weaker one more
Train both but do lesser reps with the stronger one and more reps with the weaker one
Whenever I try to fix this problem, instead of waking up my left glute muscle, all the other muscles in my leg get worked, to replace my glute ):
Sailor uhh same
not activating/isolating the glute medius enough. Try looking for glute medius specific exercises
Me too...I think stretching and activating before hand should help. Also going slow, controlled.
Same here lower back and hamstrings
@@emmarose195 try straight limb strengthening movements as similar to his exercise movements as you can
I only feel one of my glutes even when sitting!
Sheima Amri sane here wtf!!!
*I squeezed my butt and found out it's uneven*
I cry everyday i look at my butt my right side is huge and the left so small :( its make me so frustrated and upset glad i found this video
gloria
Me too. It’s so noticeable when I wear pants. I hate that look on me😏
The hamstring! That’s my exact problem. My right glute burns so good and get so sore but I can literally feel my hamstring firing instead of my left glute! Thank you so much!
My right one always feel so much more sore than my left. Now I’m panicking in case you can see the difference :(
It’s very unlikely you would see a difference. Dw!
Got this weird issue. when I do lunges I can feel it in my left glute but not my right one, the feel my leg moreso in the right leg and I think my form is off on that side and dont know how to fix it
Thank you for the video. My left glute refuses to activate causing tension in hip flexor , pelvic imbalance all the time. Becomes chronic pain. I’m gonna add your techniques to the exercises that prescribed by my therapist.
I know that this is a to yr old video, but I have hope. Lol. So I hope you can 👀 my question. Ok. So here's my problem... I have a small case of scoliosis that I only had therapy for in my teen yrs, unstable patella in both knees, bursitis in left hip, and a weak glut in my left duke cheek. So what do I work on first/the most? Also, can I use a can of Bush Baked Beans if I don't have a ball?
thank you. i noticed when doing squats i felt it more in my left leg and glute. so now my left glute is bigger than my right. i still have muscle but its a bit smaller on my right. im gonna keep doing this
Could you pleeeaaasseee give feedback on how this is going for you? I'm in the same exact situation. Left glute slightly bigger than right😞
Ani b did it work?
my right glute is smaller too, i swear it’s like always asleep. my left one, great, i feel everything! but right one, no :/
How much time it take?
Holy crap I've been going to PT for a month and it's beginning to feel like she doesn't know what to do anymore and this seems to pick up right where she's lacking. Amazing.
I have a weaker glute but I believe it’s because my hips are off balance. Can you make a video on getting your hips back in alignment? My right hip is shifted down and forward, and therefore my right glute works much harder just by mechanics
Check about hip ante and retroversion. Those can simply be the shape of your hips.
Your hips might be off balance because of your weaker glute. :/
_might_
I felt the same way too. You really gotta strengthen up the glute.... It's coming from there
I thought that too, but it turned out that wasn't the problem. Now they're aligned, but one glute is still weaker (actually, my whole lefg side is weaker)
Thank youuuu!! Today I tried your methods and for the first time I actually felt my left glute FULLY "fire" during squat and abductor machine -- something i struggled with for years. So thank you v much 💓
Is the fully fire feeling saying we doing it right??
Hope you find this useful
I think u do all of them before your work out and maybe after (expect shutting down the hamstrings u do them every set)
(3:50 How To Balance Your Glutes)
Shut down hamstrings
Roll a ball or medicine ball under the upper part of the hamstring all the way to the pointy butt bone for about 30 seconds, do this after ever set.
(7:45 How To Balance Your Glutes)
Hip flexor stretch
Put the weaker glute knee down to the ground put your other hand on the knee that's out. Maintain good posture and you also want to posterior tuck the pelvis and tilt it in.
Don't let your back arch and your pelvis tilt forward, tuck it underneath. Then u rock forward as you simultaneously rock forward u squeeze your butt and come back to a neutral position (doing it again). You can do this 30 to 50 time each time you rock forward try to squeeze the butt a little bit harder and try to go a little bit farther in front by just a small micro millimeter further in front each subsequent rep
(10:05 How To Balance Your Glutes)
Hip abduction
You just lay on your side for this make sure your toes point forward and your raise your leg up. Don't like your toes point up just to the side (straight) the whole time. You can also do this while standing up do this in 4-5 sets of 15 reps every time u do this. You also have to do this on both sides.
(11:05 How To Balance Your Glutes)
Hip Internal rotation
Take the ball that u had earlier and pintch (put) that between your knees, also keep your body sideways and your raise your ankle up in the air and then come down. 4-5 sets of 15 reps do this immediately following or prior to the hip abduction.
(11:58 How To Balance Your Glutes)
Hip flexors
Get your ball, and in between these set of exercise side lying, leg raise, and the internal ration, you'd put your hip flexor muscle down on the ball. And you roll them out in between sets.
I can't figure out which glute is weaker. One is larger and saggy the other is small and more lifted. :/ I think my pelvis is crooked, I'm still confused what to do.
Same. One of my cheeks looks so perfect. Not sure about my hips being uneven. I suffered a broken tailbone during child birth and have had nerve issues with my non dominant leg since. :/
Quirky Avocado omg I have a broken tailbone after childbirth as wel
I think some of these imbalances can be fixed. I've been working on evening my hips and pelvis for a while now. Slow progress, but seems to be working.
I kind of wonder if I had a broken tailbone too. My son was almost 10lbs. I feel like something had to have happened.
Well done again!!! This was really helpful. I have EXTREMELY overpowering hip flexors. It’s almost impossible for me to even be able to activate my glute during the hip flexor/lunge-like stretch. I’ve followed a bunch of your recommendations (your APT videos are the cats pajamas) and my pelvic tilt and dominating hip flexors are finally beginning to chill out. And, I can FEEL my glutes activate. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and explaining it in a way that is easy to grasp.
This content is outstanding. I personally have a hip flexor and hamstring issue on the same side and some of these movements especially the hip internal rotation blew my mind! Thanks !
That was great..anatomy & it's function explained..awesome job..💋
When I do hip thrusts I feel it in my quads. My hamstring and glutes are so weak, I have back spams on my left side
Ouch!😞
Guh me too!
Do Romanian Deadlifts and learn to hip hinge
Try warm up exercises that activates the glutes first, eg band between feet /ankles crab walks, monster walks etc. If your Quad dominate the quads will take over everything the Glutes are meant to do. Thats what I teach all my clients
more and more impressed by every video I watch. dude knows his stuff and has a great way of disseminating his expertise to us, the unwashed masses.
Yes because my glutes need “turned on”!🤓👊🏾🙏🏽
my right side big af and then the left is just like normal
Thank you this was really thorough. I definitely have an overactive TFL muscle from sitting at work all day and driving, and going to long without exercising and then jumping into running full blast. So thank you!
My glutes are so lopsided that I feel my pelvis twist every step I walk. The more I do glute moves trying to focus on the weak side, the stronger the strong side gets, eventually taking over and doing all the work. Thank you for all the explanation and solutions. And I LOVE the alien analogy. Love ya!
Did it work?
Great video. Question: what about quad imbalance? I always notice that my left quad gets way more stressed than my right. Any solutions for that? TIA.
Hi great video I have severe nerve pain and many muscles in my hip, lower back and pelvis I think my gluteus one side are not firing and my pisiform is over working and pushing on my nerves do you have any super gentle exercises you can recommend, thanks Helen
I´v had this problem for ages and nobody really could help me fix it, only temporarily. The Chiropractor helps with aligning the hips becausse my lower back hurts, i get massage to get help with the tight muscles. But this is the key to nog get it to go back again! You see the whole picture! Thank You!!!
I like your hairstyle, it's cool. Thanks for the video.
He really gives off that IDGAF vibe LOL =)
I think I fell in love thank you!!!!
i thought it was my hip flexors, but i noticed i cant do one legged hip thrusts because my left hamstring cramps up and i dont feel it in my glute. which is my weak glute. ty for this!!
same with my left glute and hamstring too! what have you done to 'fix' it?
@@Lincorn1 I looked up hip flexor stretches and have been rolling my hamstring in between sets!
This was really helpful, and has made me understand that bit more about my muscles and what exercises are extensions ☺️
First of all thank you for this valuable video. Till now I did not realized or told I may have this kind of problem. I would like to ask and confirm what may be beneficial for my situation.
I always (almost) got higher tension on my left legs muscles (mainly hamstring) when walking (even sitting or lying or standing sometimes). I feel that I make weight bearing to my left leg even I try to balance my weight bearing I could not manage most of the time. This causes my left leg to have aches (around the knee cap and inner part of the shin). This cycle continues everyday although I am trying to rehab myself properly.
Other symptoms includes; when standing I could not control my left leg (it tends to go backwards more than other leg kind of instable), my right foot is inward position (overpronation i guess) so this also effects my right leg to become stiffer sometimes (since I got an ACL recon 9 months ago to my right knee), my right ankle hurts when running and my left knee hurts when running (tends to be in a flexed position when running).
Today I realized that my right glute muscles is much more firmer than left side. Also the strength of is seems to be higher than left side. When standing on one leg I could easily control my right leg (although it was surgically repaired) but could not control left leg well. I may also have leg discrepancy.
I am really confused regarding whether my problem stems from the over pronation of right foot or over pronation stems from muscle imbalance. What may be the exact cause? Where should I begin? And do you suggest me to use a custom insole for my right foot?
I will be more than happy (since i got this condition more than 1,5 years) if you could help me about this issue. It means a lot for me. I am ready to progress. But I really would like to concentrate to the right targets.
Many, many thanks!
OMG you are such a nerd- and because of that I can not stop watching you!!! Thank you for your knowledge and nerdism. It is the best!!
When i heard at around 07:20 hip flexor stretch i thought he was about to parrot random youtube trivia ...until I heard the word "activation"
Who is watching this video with one pain in glute😂
Finally after having 2 acl surgeries my body tried to compensate and you have the answers lol
cheri nielsen bro how did you train ur glutes after acl, i feel some imbalance while running and walking(after acl surgery)
My hip feels a bit outwards and hamstrings arnt firing up yet.
I don’t know what wrong with my LEFT GLUTE ITS SO LAZYYYY. I only feel the side of my glute on fire when I’m doing fire hydrants 😩.
Just saw this... you have a great way of explaining things. I've been told these so many times but yours will stick.
This is this first time I've heard of glutes being an internal rotator instead of external rotators, hence exercise prescriptions like clamshells
This is the best video I have come accros in making me understanding my problem and providing solutions. I will definitely concentrate on these to get improvement. Thank you so much.
Thank you! I didn’t notice this about my body till recently when I went to the chiropractor and now I am very embarrassed/ self conscious. I will be using these exercises!
My right buttock is bigger than the left buttock even my right side have a curve shape while the left side is flat. I dont feel any pain. But i want to know whether it is lateral pelvic tilt or glute imbalance or leg lenth difference???? Pls reply this.... pls
this is the perfect video for me. thank you soooooo much man. respect 10000000% for you man you solve the biggest problem of my life. thanks man!! thank you soo much.
I have hip OA and I notice the glute muscles on that bad side don't want to engage! I definitely have overactive hamstrings and IT bands! This is exactly what I was looking for
You have become my go-to while I work on my pain management. Thanks for all of your work!
Thank you so much! This is the only video that actually understood my problem. It has been a week doing these exercises and I have seen quite a lot of improvement on my weaker side. I can't thank you enough.
I also do my exercises in the tub and or shower
To also put less strain on that weaker glutes at the same time putting more Repa on the strnger side of the glutes to get an balancing FIRE
I always thought that power-lifting was the answer to all physical problems. But, no matter how many squats I did, it was still difficult to go up stairs or do those one leg bridges or one leg squats (note: I'm 74 but like to compete in discus and shotput). So, now I'm doing more one limb exercises and forcing all the various muscle groups to fire and work. There seems to be something inherently "bad?" about barbell exercises as compared to dumbbell work. I think barbells allow the weaker side, arm, leg to hide as the strong side, arm, leg takes over to finish the exercise. Dumbbells create a better mind-muscle connection and forces the weaker muscles to do their full share of work. Kind of like the one leg hip thrust.
My whole body is like this.. all my muscles are different sizes..noticed it when i was 14yr old now im 34 and been having alot of problems lately specially in my pelvic floor.
Pelvic Floor Exercises! Butt Exercises with a thigh band above the knees on a Leg Press.
I feel like my ass has been abducted by aliens, when I try to work it.
Mr X and they say aliens don’t exist 😣
Why, is your asshole bleeding?
Piriformis / sciatic pain Locking up Glute ???
I have Multiple Schlerosis. When I lay my left leg flat and bend and extend it twist in wards and won’t extend in a straight line. How do I fix That? I appreciate your help
Thank you this was sooo helpful! I wish I had seen this a year ago. So grateful for your free stuff. It is wonderful to get information like this. You are good at presenting !
Could you put a video of all the exercises together. Not a long explanation of each exercise please. Just something to remind us of the "existence" of each exercise because I always forget all of exercises. Maybe a 3 sec explanation of what the exercise does but please I've watched your videos SO MANY times I get very inpatient. My memory has been so bad and I Hurt so bad I'm desperate, but I end up watching the same stuff i over and over spending more time researching than actual follow through because I never get improvement. I've tried PT but they essentially tell me the same thing and charge me $45 each session. I've finally figured out how to help my thoracic A LITTLE BIT and what helps...ice...when it's irritated, but it's taken me 30 years. I've had problems with my thoracic s since i was 7. However I can not figured out how to help my lumbar which was never a problem until about 8 years a ago. I'm totally lost and going more and more into a depressive state to where I'm just giving up and the pain meds really only make my situation tolerable and are just about useless. I've got a nuroloist, a chiropractor, a pt, and a pain management now and I'M JUST F* ING MISERABLE 😢please help
Edot it yourself or patreon
Hey, everything is going to be okay. Don't give up. Do you know mindfulness practice? It may help you to handle the pain and stress.
This happens to me A LOT. I'm a hema practitioner and soon instructer of military swords of the industrial period. I also practice italian rapier. This has left me with a really nice and juciy right glute, but a left glute thats barely good enough. I tried to offset this with drilling with both my right and left arm, trying to do lunges and recovering to gain that snappy contraction that I feel on my right cheek, but it has all failed.
I feel like i am very quad dominate. My quads are always tight as well as my hips but when i squat and do other exercises my quads are on fire and my glutes are turned off
same
I used to be that way. Deadlifts helped me out
Thanks so much. Can you make a vid kn rebuilding muscle after muscle loss? Have a blessed year
Dam my tfl almost immediately cramped up on the internal rotation for my bad side
Great idea to use the ball to inhibit he TFL and hip flexors. Mine are always overactive.
Very comprehensive video about prime movers, synergists and antagonists. Do you have a video about unilateral hamstring tightness please. .?
Is the WEAKER side the smaller butt cheek or the bigger one....my right butt cheek is bigger and it doesn't feel like those muscles work it feels more relaxed...but my left butt cheek is smaller and it feels like I use that entire leg more
Should i not sleep on my left side ?? That the side that’s sleeping:/ .... but when i sleep on my right side it make that side bigger
7:24
Crazy that you know more than most that don't see the problem of the inhabited glutea and think they need to stretch.
I can't squeeze the left butt when Im stretching the glute. It doesn't switch on, that's how weak it is
my left is smaller but it is stronger than my right which much bigger but a bit weaker ......oh my god help me
I don't understand why synergistic dominance should occur if you squad since squads do not only strengthen the glutes but also the quadriceps which are the antagonists of the harmstrings. Could you elaborate on that?
Its not working :( When I do the abduction my quad activates and its so anoying beacuse my glute wont hurt
Thank you SO MUCH for this video!! I knew that my left-side glutes were not firing as they should, but the only 'solution' I had heard of was to do 'clamshells' to activate the medius glute on that side. I was doing those on my left-side exclusively before doing glute bridges, but although I could feel it working when doing the clam, I could not feel my left glute firing at all after the bridges... When I tested the glute contraction on both sides, just while standing, there was a clear contraction on the right but nothing at all on the left. Your video is incredibly helpful for a few reasons, including 1) the education portion of it, which helps me make sense of and self-diagnose the problem, and 2) the solutions (rolling out and stretching, using exercises that do not make use of the inhibitors). Also, you mentioned that it's not good to exercise only one side, even if attempting to correct an imbalance... Thanks for all the information, clearly explained!
I suffered an impact injury on my right glute after falling down the stairs last December so this has been a problem for me for months
This is way too confusing for someone new to this … somewhat helpful but not for Dummies 😅
11:20 I saw a guy in another video mention thrusting your hips forward while doing this ( the whole time ) to correct Anterior Pelvic Tilt.
Also thank you for this video. My right side is bigger and a whole different shape 😂
11:20 I saw a guy in another video mention thrusting your hips forward while doing this ( the whole time ) to correct Anterior Pelvic Tilt.
Also thank you for this video. My right side is bigger and a whole different shape 😂
I guess I’m the only one confused! My right side is stronger completely! I wore acl brace and leg sleeve on left leg in high school n freshman yr of college my patella would randomly dislocate and cause me to depend only on my right leg. Therefor my right side has hamstring dominance and glut Dominance it’s like my left side has no activation at all in the hamstrings or glutes?
Thanks man that really helped. I had the exercise routine already but the targeted rolling in the lateral-posterior upper glute ham area has helped.
Omg how did you know I was just talking about this.
I will definitely be watching more of your videos. So organized and well thought out, you are an excellent communicator!
Thank youuu! I've been having trouble activating lately, and felt an imbalance and this has already helped on my first try! My gluten are firing for the first time in a long time! Liked and subscribed! Thanks again!
wtf. this video made me look at my butt. my left one IS smaller than my right...
One example is a long time laberal tear. Surgery may 26th 2023
Mayor portion of the buttocks are EXTRArotacion muscles
I’ve been trying to fix my glute imbalance for so long now idk what to do
FINALLY a way for me to remember Abductor vs. Adductor! "Leg is being abducted by aliens"! That'll work.
Imbalance Glutes
Thats why u at time cannot use the same exercise for the weaker glutes
U may have to count less Reps
Depending on what the weak glutes will allow u to do to
It may take more Reps as well on the weakest side of the glutes
Left looks like a pancake my right looks like a waffle
Thankyou for this. I`ve got weak glutes, been a runner and cyclist all my life, but an injury at work 30 years ago damaged my left knee and at 60 I had a THR on left .The scar goes across the glute and the glute and thigh on that leg are weaker.Ive downloaded your 3 day training!
My glutes aren't like this )
But they look like this 3
Which is so weird
I wanna know what is this problem and how can I fix it
Awesome info man, i just though i'd watch it casually until i figured out i was suffering from that too. lol. And you even have a workout plan. Thanks a lot. Imma start using the 3 day functional training split immediately.
Thank you so much for this video. I work as a server and managed to really imbalance my body, this is exactly what I needed.
Great knowledge.....can you make a video on Heel raising exercise? Or trunk control exercise?
You need to invest on some basic video editing, have pictures to demonstrate anatomy or get a chart and write a list of areas... difficult to follow without.
Omg I thought it was just me n I've been so self conscious I won't let my husband see me naked in the light