How to Use Your Glutes while Running

my left ear learned something new today! :D

One technique that works really well for me is by consciously thrusting my hips forward while running. I feel a noticeable engagement of my glutes and increase in power. Thanks for the tips!

I didn't know running with your gluteus was such an important thing. I came across this vid by accident and so glad I did. I've been practicing for a couple of weeks now and I had a 10km race yesterday and I ran the strongest I've ever run. As soon as I felt my calves getting tight, sore or tired, I tucked my tailbone, powered from my bum and lifted my lower abs and it worked! Thanks for the great vid!!!

Wait WHAT? I'm supposed to be using my butt muscles?! I never feel them when I run, or anytime for that matter. Now I know what my problem is...

Hey! Just wanted to say thanks. Thank you so much for the time and effort you and Sage put into creating all of your vids. I feel like you two are the most open and honest coaches on the web.

Run like you are holding a credit card between your cheeks...and don't let it swipe or your knees get charged

These few tips and drills have turned my running around. I heel strike, heavily and if I force my weight forward I get shin splints but after watching this I'm actually starting to look like a runner! Weight coming forward to a mid foot strike and for the first time in years my running feels fluid. Thank you :)

This is actually one of the hardest things to feel for when running. Doing it properly will encrease your running efficiency notably. Awesome explanation!

Heh there you two! Sandy, this video has helped change my running enormously! I've been learning the Pose method over the last 2.5 years but still knew that I was missing something and wasn't getting the improvements I expected. I revisited this video about 6 weeks ago and the last section at 3:54 really struck a note with me and I started practicing that exercise in order to recruit my glutes and hamstrings. The change has been remarkable and I'm already moving up from the middle of the field and yesterday finished in the top 20% completing a trail half with 2200 feet of ascent and lots of mud in 2hrs 10m. The new strength and endurance I'm tapping into now is so inspiring for me that I've just signed up for a series of trail races this Winter. Enough of my ramblings! Thanks again to both of you, I love watching your videos and watched loads of Sage's UTMB coverage live. All the best with your training and aspirations too! John

Love how you explain everything in a very simple way that runners from all different levels can understand :) you rock!! very helpful information.

i watched this before my run today and it seriously changed my life. you don't realize how much the abs support the spine from the front until you start using your glutes to support it from the back. how fast you can safely move with your legs depends on how fatigued your core is, and my complete obliviousness to this throughout my entire life would explain a lot of my lower back, shin and foot pains. how do people go through life not knowing how to walk properly?

Thanks Sandi. I've struggled with calf strains for the last few years. After my most recent injury I got some advice to focus on my glutes and I'm now running further and easier than I ever have in the past. (still not at ultra distances yet but getting very close).

this is so helpful thanks sandi. I ran two miles yesterday for the first time since jan 28th (3 week lower leg injury) and really made sure i ran with my glutes. this was something i never really focused on a whole lot in the past but i notice such a difference especially the impact on my lower legs.

Brilliant video, my knees rub together sometimes after I go out for a run after sitting in an office all day so this is really useful 👍 thank you!

This just saved me $500 worth of physical therapy sessions. This was going to be next after jumping. Currently working on glute/hip strengthening exercises after a bad bout of ITB Syndrome due to improper form from running. Thank you!!

Thanks for these vids couch Sandi! Overcoming the previous IT band pain that knocked me out! Thanks to your videos and advice no IT band pain yet in my week 3 of HigherRunner Couch to 5k plan!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. You’re doing a great job!

The backdrop highlights one of the reasons we run but the advice was most eloquently presented, easy to understand and most importantly, very valuable. I do strengthen and engage my glutes but I will be much more mindful of it now, certainly toward the end of my long runs, as a result of your tuition. Thanks 👏👏👏

I gained an insight into your tips when it comes to using our glutes while running. Thank you .

As a novice runner, this, and Sage's channel has been invaluable.