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1 – Reduces back pain
If you feel pain in your lower back after sitting or standing for a long time, you are not stimulating your glutes properly.
Hip stretches and strengthening exercises will make your glutes activated in this situation, reducing the load on your lower back.
2 – More effective workouts
Stability and mobility allow for better execution of various sports movements, also ensuring more strength – which maximizes your results.
Want an example? Squats. Atrophied hip flexors prevent the pelvis from stretching as you squat, preventing the exercise from being performed at maximum amplitude.
Research shows that, as the hip flexors and glutes are muscles that work together, this shortening also limits the activation of the buttocks in functional movements like the kettlebell swing – one of the most effective in burning calories.
3 – Fewer problems with the knee
The hip helps with the alignment of the trunk and the entire leg, down to the ankles.
The lack of mobility or stability in any plane of movement affects the body’s center of gravity and compromises the joints, as the body will compensate by increasing the demand on the thigh muscles or the knee joint, according to Guilherme.
The good news is given by a recent study: six weeks following a training protocol to strengthen the hip decrease knee pain faster than specific rehabilitation for the area.
4 – More balance
And, as a consequence, a more defined abdomen. The hip is the base of the trunk, which, stable and firm, allows the core to be activated more easily.
Proper posture reduces effort and wear during running, which would recruit more steps to compensate for the misalignment of the body’s gravitational axis, and also improves performance in weightlifting when performing lunges and squats with one leg.
