Why cant i get glute activation?

[Marvin1993]

I cant feel my ass in any of my deadlifts or squats my ass is tiny, And i feel that that could be the reason why my lowerback rounds when i row due to a weak glutte. Below are my DL form vid and my squat vid. Maybe that helps rule out improper form.


Deadlift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGbGD_n1ZX8

Squat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVv2sWztBx8

[Patrick Stroup]

No clue, but why are you pausing your squats in the hole?

[Marvin1993]

makes the workout harder, i feel like getting the bounce out of the hole is a cheat.

[Patrick Stroup]

Good luck with your goals.

[Marvin1993]

Thanks man means a lot

[Tiburon]

makes the workout harder, i feel like getting the bounce out of the hole is a cheat.

Read the book

[Tiburon]

makes the workout harder.

You should deadlift while standing on only one leg, because that makes the workout harder

[afatgoat]

I like to super set kegal's to 1000.

[gzt]

Feelings are bunk. Add 180# to your squat and you might have a bigger butt. Don't pause your squats. Pause squats are a good lift in their own right, but you don't need to worry about them until you've added 180# to your squat. Three wheels and you can think about it.

[Patrick Stroup]

Yeah. Squat 315 and pull 405 then worry about pause squats / "making things harder"

And in the meantime you want to learn how to contract your glutes.....



I do these quite a bit before squats and deads. Just kinda wakes em up pre deadlift for me so that I finish with my HIPS and not my lowerback (over extending)

dont overthink things get real good at the squat bench deadlift press. do your pullups and dips and eat / get strong. THEN worry about silly stuff. But thats just a great general warmup / can do it at home if you want.