Today's longread is another from the sports/athletics field. From ESPN The Magazine's annual "body issue" comes this article about the importance of the glutes in high-level athletic performance. I found this to be of particular interest for several reasons:
1. Since re-aggravating my knee injury, the focus of my physical therapy has been on strengthening the glutes (and supporting muscles).
2. In addition to strengthening those muscles, I'm trying to train myself to use them not just when playing sports but even just when walking.
3. As a result of the previous two points, my glutes have never been so sore. I could barely walk after physical therapy last Wednesday.
4. This article features Dontari Poe, the first round draft pick of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Work those glutes!
"Call of Booty" by David Fleming
Published in ESPN: The Magazine, July 23, 2012
http://espn.go.com/espn/print?id=8132777&type=story
Eric
Thanks for posting this one - I just sent it to my PT guys to read.
ReplyDeleteI've never thought about how important glutes are to race car drivers!