The more you activate and recruit your glutes, the stronger and more powerful they become.
But why is having strong glutes so important?
Glutes are a critical component of all movement involving running, jumping, throwing, swinging, striking and twisting.
The ability to forcefully and explosively extend your hips, is fundamental to sporting performance. Training the glutes can help athletes increase speed and acceleration when sprinting, increase power for vertical and horizontal jumping as well as rotational power in swinging, striking and throwing.
Glutes also play a key role in maintaining the posture of the lumbar spine and pelvis. If you have weak glute muscles, you possibly recruit other muscles to do the jobs that the glutes are responsible for. Hamstrings, spinal erectors and other surrounding muscles often do the work that is required by the glutes which may lead to injuries over time.
Building strong glutes can reduce incidents of hamstring and groin strains, sacroiliac joint pain that causes low back pain, iliotibial band syndrome and patellofemoral pain, piriformis syndrome etc.