The P.volve method focuses so much on working the glute muscles, but it’s not only to get a plump, lifted backside. The gluteus maximus is the largest muscle in the body and therefore is responsible for so much of our strength, mobility and daily function. 

Think of the butt as the engine of the body—if it’s not working properly, nothing else will either. The glutes live at the crossroads of the upper and lower body, allowing it to act as the center point to hold everything together. They don’t just help you sit, stand and run; they react and control everything from the waist to the foot, to the lower back up through the shoulders. The glutes must first be toned and strengthened in order to achieve total-body results. It’s muscular symmetry at its finest! Once you understand how the butt controls the bones and joints, you’ll begin to see how a method like P.volve is crucial to reinforcing these interactions.  

Some fitness methods work the glutes with squats and lunges, but this only works the muscles in a one-dimensional way. Instead, we activate the entire area at every angle. Creating proper glute function in all three planes of motion—frontal, sagittal and transverse—is necessary to tone every part of the thighs, too. Working the backside in every plane of motion also helps prevent dormant butt syndrome, in which the glute muscles are weak and underactive. Dormant butt often occurs due to tightness and overuse of the hip flexors, but can be fixed with mindful activation of the glute muscles and strengthening and stretching of the hip musculature.  

By focusing on how the glutes operate—turning them on and keeping them on through functional rather than isometric exercises—you can transform your body from head to toe. Activation and function are key, and by taking this approach you will work every single part of the butt rather the just one section of it. The result won’t just be a lifted, well-rounded peach, but a backside that feels better and works the way it was intended, too.  

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