So I think I have beginning to have a lot of issues with my lifts because I don't really directly train anything hip or glute related. I do squats and other compounds that include legs but I recently had to stop back squatting because it caused pain in my right knee badly. I can do front squats and goblet squats more easily. However, I never really did shit like hip adduction or abduction. Never did shit like kick backs or anything that isolates the glute or anything in the hips. I definitely fell for the "Training ass directly is gay and or for women only". So I'd never do things like hip thrusts etc. Basically, the entirety of my leg training has just been compounds. What can I do to restabilize my body? I was looking up more isolated variants and some things I have read said that you you really have to train the "glute medius" which stabilizes a lot of lower body movements. How accurate is that? What are your thoughts about training lower body anyway? How important are the glutes and glute medius?
>>77240601Bulgarian split squats will get you sorted m8
>>77240601Those kind of asses are hot tho, just needs 15lbs on her
>>77240604Any particular variant I should be doing? I have already started working those in. They do feel good but I find that my stopping factor is definitely my cardio which I might have to work on. Bulgarian split squat murders me and I feel so out of breath after doing a set of those. But I normally don't feel exactly the same way as that when doing regular conventional squats.
>>77240609Didn't realize I had a glute medius fetish until now. Jesus. Is it fair to say that women probably treat their upper bodies how men treat their lower bodies? I have seen many women with really developed legs obviously but their upper bodies are normally... not seemingly worked on. Someone once told me that many women actually do work on upper body but apparently female genetics / physiology makes it so that their upper bodies basically don't respond that well to muscle stimulation.
So is most weird knee pain most likely related to some odd hip imbalance? I hear issues with knees is almost never a result of the knee itself.
>>77240610Just do them faggot
>>77240601Most of the time knee pain while squatting is from lack of adductor activation. Most likely your adductors (you inner thigh) are not stretching and contracting properly causing your hipflexors to pull on the platelar tendon which causes knee pain. You can train your ass as much as you want but that won't fix it. Learn to use your adductors properly while squatting and your knee pain will dissappear.
I do rdl's, hip thrust as well as train adductors and abductors with cables or machines.
>>77241389How does the inner thigh influence the squat though? When squatting, should I try and internally rotate my legs or external rotate?
>>77241411Are you seriously asking how part of your thigh effects your squat?The adductor is partly responsible for keeping your femur from just detaching from your pelvis. You need to learn how to properly hinge and let your hips open so that you're adductors can do their job. It has little to do with internal/external rotation of the knee and everything to do with your autistic and don't know how to move not retarded.
>>77241389knee pain is just weakness or imbalance anywhere that influence your kneescould be feet, lower legs, hips, glutes etc.find your cause strengthen and stretch it and you are goodthat's why just squat is retarded it will eventually lead to an injuryjust squat and target your weaknesses
>>77240601What kind of faggot trains ass?
>>77241983Kind of faggot who replies on /fit
>>77240981NTA but that's useless advice and you are a gigantic faggot. Bulgarian split squats have significantly different muscle load and stimulus depending on small variations in form.
>>77241983SS is designed to get a big ass if that tells you anything.
>>77240601>neglect one of the largest and most important muscles in your body>surprised when shit goes wrongMan you people really are fucking stupid, huh?
>>77242640>2026>doing SS
>>77242644Yea but I am trying to correct that. I ignored it because its awkward to train ass and adductors isolated etc. I am doing so now though and I do feel a bit more stable. Its just hard to get these right.
