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Do glute activation warm-ups improve jumping and sprinting, and do they actually change glute muscle activity?

Oct 27
4 min read

Glute activation routines are a fixture of warm-ups: low-load glute exercises done before training sessions, sprints or matches, on the promise that they wake up the glutes so they contribute more. That promise contains two separate claims. One is that performance improves in the minutes that follow. The other is that the glutes are actually more active. Both can be tested, and they do not have to travel together.

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