Posterior Chain Workouts

Power comes from the hips: your posterior chain. It consists of your lower back, hamstrings, calves & glutes. A strong posterior chain is important for Deadlifts, Squats, Power Cleans, jumps, sprints, …

Excessive sitting shortens your hip flexors. This stretches the opposite muscles: your glutes. They become dormant. You can’t fire your glutes properly anymore. The solution is glute activation exercises. Here’s how.

Benefits of Glute Activation Exercises.
Dormant glutes force your lower back & hamstrings to compensate. This is less effective & increases risks of injury.

More Strength. You can lift more weight, sprint faster and jump higher when using all the muscles of your posterior chain, including your glutes.
Less Injuries. Lower back pain, hip flexor pain, knee pain, strained hamstrings, … Glute activation minimizes risks of injury.
Better Posture. Tight hip flexors pull your pelvis forward: lordosis. Glute activation & hip mobility exercises are the solution to anterior pelvic tilt.

How do you work the PC? Answer is simple – Kettlebells! They force a large amount of the workout to be done in the PC zones (Hips, Glutes, Lumbar region and hamstrings)

Remedy – get down and start training!!