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One of my pet hates is hearing a patient has been told that they don’t ‘activate’ their glutes or they’re not activating them properly or in the right order. Imagine that, your whole life you’ve somehow been using your muscles wrong! There was a specific way and a certain order you were meant to follow and now you’re doomed!
Thankfully it’s mainly nonsense as we explain in the video below where I’ll discuss the truth behind muscle activation (they kick in earlier than you’d think) as well as the downsides these messages can have.
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