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    Glutes-one not activating

    Posts: 1 Member
    edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    My one glute is larger than the other. I have tried testing each glute and I don’t notice a difference besides how they look. Is it the bigger butt cheek (glute) that is stronger or is that the weaker one? I prefer the larger glute as I have a shelve and it’s larger which I am trying to achieve.

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    • Posts: 10 Member
      The bigger butt cheek is the stronger. I would suggest doing more single leg workouts and training your weaker glute. A human body is never really symmetric, so don't worry about it too much. With the right workouts, you can even them out.
    • Posts: 9,097 Member
      It is activating otherwise you couldn't stand up.

      If you want a hypertrophy response I would just train appropriately for that goal and not be concerned on normal size discrepancies.
    • Posts: 80 Member
      I have one side slightly larger than the other. My smaller side is stronger. To help even them out try single leg exercises. For example I do single leg glute bridges to failure on my weak side and then the same number of reps on my strong side even though it's not to failure. I also do this with single leg deadlifts etc and it is helping to even out my strength and size!
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