Tip Train Your Glutes for a Bigger Squat Search Skip to content Menu Menu follow us Store Articles Community Loyal-T Club Loyal-T Points Rewards Subscribe to Save Search Search The World s Trusted Source & Community for Elite Fitness Training Tip Train Your Glutes for a Bigger Squat Here' s what to do before during and after squats to activate strengthen and grow your glutes by Gavin McHale January 23, 2018June 14, 2022 Tags Glutes, Squat, Tips, Training While everyone knows you need strong glutes for a strong squat, many lifters don't know how to get there. Try out these tips before, during, and after your next squat session and watch your squat numbers skyrocket. Activate your glutes with simple isolation exercises such as seated abductions and stability ball hamstring curls. These won't hinder your performance in the big movement, but will wake up the important players. Seated Abductions These will fire up your external hip rotators, preventing the knees from caving in as you squat. Stability Ball Hamstring Curl These wake up your posterior chain, allowing the big players back there to take some heat off the quads and knees. Programming: Hit each of these in between warm-up sets on your heavy squat day. One set of each will do. Do 20-30 reps of the abductions (until you feel some burn) and 10-15 reps of the hamstring curls. Three cues will play a major role in the stability and overall strength of your squat. All of them activate your hip's external rotators – the muscles responsible for ensuring your knees don't buckle in. Pull the floor apart with your feet Drive your knees apart while descending and ascending Turn your toes out Start doing this on lighter days and with lighter sets so that once you get to the heavy sets it'll be natural and unconscious. Hammer the glutes with lots of volume once you're done with your major compound exercises. Some options: Step-Up Do 10-15 reps per leg. Glute Ham Raise Do a minimum of 25 reps per set. Reverse Hyper Ideally you can use a reverse hyper machine, or you can improvise like I do. Perform a minimum of 25 reps per set. Programming: Remember, we're talking about volume here. This means you have to hit your glutes with a lot of reps. These powerful workhorses can handle a lot more than you think. Get The T Nation Newsletters Don' t Miss Out Expert Insights To Get Stronger, Gain Muscle Faster, And Take Your Lifting To The Next Level related posts Training The Next Poliquin Part 1 An Interview with Don Alessi - Part 1 Training Chris Shugart November 16 Training What You Don t Know About Training Delts Science reveals some surprising tips on how to train the deltoids and create "3D" shoulders. Check them out. Bodybuilding, Shoulders, Training Adam Bentley February 22 Training 7 Ways to Cure the Workout Hangover Stop sabotaging your gains. If you always feel smashed the day after training, you're doing something wrong. Here's how to fix it. Cortisol Control, Testosterone Optimization, Training Paul Carter February 3 Training 6 New Ways to Turn On Muscle Growth If your hypertrophy gains have stagnated, then it's time to shake things up. You need one of these advanced training methods. Bodybuilding, Training T Nation May 10