This workout will help to create the illusion of WIDER FULLER LOOKING HIPS and add more mass to your GLUTE MEDIUS ("SIDE BOOTY") using only resistance bands. This is a beginner friendly workout so all you need is some good energy and your bad*ss self!
Let's talk about the infamous SIDE BOOTY/SIDE GLUTE for a quick minute:
The ("SIDE BOOTY/SIDE GLUTE") is called the Glute/Gluteus Medius, it is the second largest muscle in your buttocks. The Gluteus Maximus being the largest and the Gluteus Minimus being the smallest. The Gluteus Medius sit directly on the side of your hips bone connected to a rather large knob of bone located on the outside of the upper thigh bone, called the Greater Trochanter. The Gluteus Medius muscle from the side, you'd see it as a fan shape that starts at the Greater Trochanter, where it looks a bit like a stem and widens up and out to cover the side of the hip bone.
The function of the Gluteus Medius muscle is to work with other muscles on the side of your hip to help pull your thigh out to the side in a motion called HIP ABDUCTION. The Gluteus Medius also serves to rotate your thigh, support your balance in Walking, Standing on one foot and holding the other leg up in the air, the gluteus medius on the stance leg is very active in helping to keep your pelvis level.
**********************LIST OF EXERCISES/SET/REPS included in video*********************
Make sure you rest between each set...this sh*t was hard.
Also feel free to copy and paste this workout for your convenience, you can repeat this workout every 2-3 days or when you feel rested and recovered for maximum results!
LIST OF EXERCISES:
1. Banded Fire Hydrants ~ 3x15 *each leg
2. Cursty Lunge ~ 3x15 *each leg
3. Clam Shells ~ 3x15 each leg
4. Clam Shell Raises ~ 3x10*each leg
5. Side Lying Hip Abduction ~ 3x12 * each leg
6. Lateral Walk ~ 3x20 *each side
7. Elevated Glute Bridge Abduction ~3x20 *superset with 15 each leg.
RESISTANCE BANDS ARE FROM NASTY FIT:
xo Azzy
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