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Encyclopedia > Gluteus medius

The gluteus maximus is the largest of the gluteus muscles which are located in the buttock. The other gluteus muscles include the gluteus medius and the gluteus minimus, collectively the gluteus muscles are commonly known as the gluteal muscles. The gluteus maximus is the most powerful muscle of the human body.


The gluteus maximus is often referred to as the "butt" or "rear-end" of a person's anatomy.


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Every sport creates it's own particular set of specific liabilities, for example, cylists will overuse the more superficial mobilizing (multiarticular) muscles and underuse the one joint stabilizers.
This translates to tight hip flexors and hamstrings as well as tight lateral quadriceps and weak gluteals, particularly gluteus medius, an extremely important stabilizer in functional movement.
Also, the VMO (vastus medialis) is weak in comparison to the lateral quads setting up knee tracking problems and Chondromalacia.
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