Tight Hip Flexors - Weak Glutes. Who Knew?
The hip flexors - probably the most essential muscle for movement and balance and yet often the least trained and strengthened. Employment that involves sitting for extended periods of time and certain activities like cycling/spinning and running actually cause tightening of the hip flexors and a shortening of the muscle that can have several consequences for your health, training and sport performance..... "Prolonged sitting and activities like jogging and cycling can lead to tight hip flexors and muscle imbalances (weak glutes?) which contribute to low back pain. Tight hip flexors create an anterior pull on the pelvis known as an anterior pelvic tilt. This alters posture and also inhibits, or turns off, the opposing muscle group, the gluteus maximus, leading to muscle imbalances...." Cooper Institute As someone who has a desk job and is an avid cyclist and