Can't activate glute medius during sidelying leg lifts 

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Healthy MBS hey there, can you give an update on your hips 😁

@@cosmoCobra any update? I suspect you weren't engaging your glute med which led to overcompensation via your tfl and your core on your opposite site. Then your core on the side of the weak glute feels loose relative to your tense core on the other side. This is what happened to me. Did you resolve this?

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Hi Sarkar. How many sets/ reps do you exercise per day?

@@phathuynh2142 i had to just do it double. if I did 20reps/3sets for my right, then for left i had to do 40reps(3sets) only then I could feel the burn equivalent to my right.

@@mayurakshisarkar5225 thanks. And everyday?

@@phathuynh2142 no no. i do my glutes on alternate days and the rest is for abs..Sunday is rest day

@@mayurakshisarkar5225 got it. Thanks

I think hairy Pixels might be right. However making sure the foot does not medially rotate while dorsiflexing will stop the TFL activating.

Alex, a video is in queue on this topic. Stay tuned.

Exactly what will be the topic? Will you explaining why you've chosen have the patient in 90° hip flexion instead of straight leg. Surely by having the hip flexed you''re unnecessarily bringing into play the TFL and the Rec Fem?

Also the piriformis (or whatever) activates when I do those straight standing wall exercises that Athlean-X did a video on

Sorry...... I meant abduction

I can still walk (thank God), but any move that implies moving to the side is a chore in itself; I can only compensate by either pivoting slightly to the targeted side, or not do the move at all.

If your TFL gets overactive from this, your form is either off or you have coordination issues that need to be addressed with other exercises to prep you before doing this. A video is already in queue to explain why hip flexion is important. Anyone who has struggled with the conventional leg lift with the hip in extension (with its common overuse of the Q.L. and lateral quads) will usually feel the difference in effectiveness quite quickly by adding hip flexion (assuming they've learned not to use the TFL).

Upright Health Thanks. Looking forward to the video.

How do you learn not to use the TFL and how do you tell if your using it more than you should? Also, just with the standard side lying leg lifts, my upper hamstring (lateral side) seems to take over some of the work of the glutes, it doesn't feel right as I don't get that sensation with the other leg. Any suggestions as to what this is and how I should solve this?

@@Uprighthealth same issue, i've seen other saying that in hip flection you get the TFL overeactive where instead you don't want to use it (expecially someone like me that had got IT BAND syndrome and want to relax the TFL and strenghten the glutes)

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