For better glutes, start thinking about your rib cage

How do the position of your ribs affect gluteus maximus work?

For many of us, we are walking around in a partially inhaled state, which is flaring our ribs, overworking our back extensors… tight back anyone?… And keeping us locked in a chronically stressed, sympathetic state because of the lack of a complete exhalation in your life !

It takes a lot of work to close those open ribs. The muscles that you activate to drop and close the ribs back also act to turn down the work of all those tight muscles in your back that are doing most of the work holding your spine up against gravity.

When you down-regulate these muscles on the back, you have the opportunity to up-regulate your caboose, a.k.a. gluteus!

In many exercises, your pelvis may be stuck in an anterior tilt, or a duck position, because your tight back muscles are pulling your butt up toward the sky . This is making it so that you can’t use the full range of motion of your pelvis, your gluteus, to perform exercises such as squats, lunges, and bridges.

Turn down those pesky, back muscles, and turn up the glutes! You will also get a super strong core performing this action!

Want to learn my breathing method that teaches you to get your ribs stacked over your pelvis? Visit Hypoxix.fitness where you can also find an Ab-Ribbon that gives you the ultimate tactile feedback for strengthening your core!

❤️❤️ AJ 

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