Is it bro-science that you have to roll your glutes side to side instead of up and down?

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serapel
serapel Posts: 502 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
A PT came up to me and told me that if I roll my glutes up and down, it will just make them longer and they won't look as big?

PT told me to instead roll side to side to make the glute appear bigger.

Bro-science?
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  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited October 2016
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    Your profile says you are on a glute mission? Does you PT work with you on your pelvic issues and has he advised this method to help with that?
  • serapel
    serapel Posts: 502 Member
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    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    Your profile says you are on a glute mission? Does you PT work with you on your pelvic issues and has he advised this method to help with that?

    I don't have a PT anymore unfortunately. Wish I did.

    Yes, it was to loosen up my tight muscles to fix my pelvis.

    It was a different PT who told me of the foam rolling and I immediately thought "bro-science" in my head.
  • serapel
    serapel Posts: 502 Member
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    rileyes wrote: »
    Is his name Willy? Because that sounds silly.

    lol...to his face? dare me???
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
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    For clarification: do you mean a Personal Trainer or a Physical Therapist?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
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    _dracarys_ wrote: »
    For clarification: do you mean a Personal Trainer or a Physical Therapist?

    I am *kitten*uming she means personal trainer because I can't imagine a physical therapist walking up to tell somebody how to get her butt to look bigger. But I could be totally wrong about that.
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
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    jemhh wrote: »
    _dracarys_ wrote: »
    For clarification: do you mean a Personal Trainer or a Physical Therapist?

    I am *kitten*uming she means personal trainer because I can't imagine a physical therapist walking up to tell somebody how to get her butt to look bigger. But I could be totally wrong about that.

    Agree. I would hope no physical therapist actually said that.
  • upoffthemat
    upoffthemat Posts: 679 Member
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    jemhh wrote: »
    I'm trying to wrap my mind around the idea and just cannot do it. I keep thinking of rolling out dough and the fact that the more you roll it out, the thinner and flatter it gets. I'm going to start telling people that I have big muscles but they aren't visible because I rolled them too much.

    Love the way you think
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    Yes, yes that's exactly the way it works
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    Sued0nim wrote: »
    Yes, yes that's exactly the way it works

    oh noes Sued- what happened- you're behind bars!!! WTF
  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
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    Does this mean that if I shave those light, vellous hairs that I have high up on my cheeks that they will grow back darker?
    Ask that PT for me when you see him/her again. K?
  • serapel
    serapel Posts: 502 Member
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    yeah...thought it was bro-science. sounded ridiculous.

    dang...and I thought I had a valid reason for my flat glutes haha
  • jdhcm2006
    jdhcm2006 Posts: 2,254 Member
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    Sued0nim wrote: »
    JoRocka wrote: »
    Sued0nim wrote: »
    Yes, yes that's exactly the way it works

    oh noes Sued- what happened- you're behind bars!!! WTF

    It's ok

    I will roll my way out of them

    LMAO!!! But make sure you roll from side to side and NOT up and down or else the PT will come and get you.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    Sued0nim wrote: »
    JoRocka wrote: »
    Sued0nim wrote: »
    Yes, yes that's exactly the way it works

    oh noes Sued- what happened- you're behind bars!!! WTF

    It's ok

    I will roll my way out of them
    make sure you roll the right direction so you get long and skinny so you can slip between the bars.

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