How to Use gluteus in a Sentence

gluteus

noun

• The gluteus medius is a muscle on the lateral side of your glute near your hip.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2018
• In a squat’s concentric phase, as the legs extend to stand, the gluteus contracts to pull the hips forward.
  — Jamie Lauren Keiles, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2017
• The gluteus medius is the middle of the three glute muscles, nestled between the gluteus minimus and the gluteus maximus.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 12 May 2023
• Cue: one very swanky ball, two very upset best friends, and lots and lots of gratuitous, gluteus butt wiggles.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2023
• Jeff Samardzija threw a 96.7 mph fastball that drilled Paul Goldschmidt in the gluteus maximus in the first inning.
  — Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2017
• Dead butt syndrome develops when the gluteus medius -- one of the three main muscles in the booty -- stops firing correctly.
  — Anthea Levi, CNN, 9 June 2017
• This move really works your abs and gluteus medius, the small muscle on the outer side of your butt that supports the hip and rotational movement of the thigh.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 4 Apr. 2019
• And finally, missing all but nine games last season with the Wizards with a gluteus injury.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2019
• By the time it was diagnosed, Jackson’s cancer was in his hip bone, femur, the capsule around his hip joint and in his gluteus and quadricep muscles.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021
• He had been called up for our Europa League match against Lokomotiv Moscow, but was dropped last minute due to some discomfort in his gluteus.
  — SI.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• The clamshell is a simple exercise, but the movement is an effective way to hit the often underworked gluteus medius.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
• Leg squat and hold Jockeys need super strong quadriceps and gluteus muscles, so this portion of the assessment targets both.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2018
• This is a crucial muscle for runners to strengthen, but the other muscles in your butt, the gluteus maximus and gluteus medius, are important too.
  — Amy Marturana, SELF, 2 Apr. 2019
• There are three major muscles in your glutes — the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus — that work together to rotate, abduct and extend the hip.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 1 July 2019
• This band, and the leg-opening movements Campbell does at the top and bottom of the exercise, target the gluteus medius, the small muscle on the outer side of your butt that supports the hip and rotational movement of the thigh.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 23 Nov. 2018
• This isolation exercise zeroes in on the gluteus medius.
  — Megan Falk, Women's Health, 28 June 2023
• The motion of abducting the legs (aka, pushing them away from the body) against the tension of the band targets the gluteus medius, a smaller hip adductor muscle on the outer side of the pelvis that supports your hip and rotation of the thigh.
  — Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 7 Mar. 2018
• Squat into Side Leg Lift This progression from a basic squat will fire up your hamstrings, quads and gluteus maximus, while focusing on the gluteus medius (the side hip) during the leg lift.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2020
• According to Konforti, the band move works to activate and strengthen the glutes—specifically the gluteus medius, a smaller glute muscle on the outer side of your hips.
  — Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 31 Jan. 2018
• The gluteus muscles work with forceful extension of the hip, such as stair or hill climbing; or powerful cycling, such as sprinting or hill climbing.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 5 May 2022
• This move activates the gluteus medius, maximus, and minimus while improving balance.
  — Sara Angle, Outside Online, 19 June 2018
• According to the Lakers, Davis suffered a bruised gluteus maximum and is questionable Friday's game in Dallas.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2020
• Your glutes are a muscle group consisting of three key players: your gluteus maximus, or your biggest butt muscle, as well as your gluteus medius and gluteus minimus, the two smaller muscles that form your side butt.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 5 Mar. 2022
• The gluteus and hamstrings overlapped beneath the pelvis in an unloaded condition, enveloping the ischial tuberosity.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2016
• To develop strength and stability in the frontal plane, target the hip abductors, particularly your gluteus medius.
  — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2020
• Your primary hip abductors include your two smaller butt muscles, the gluteus medius and the gluteus minimus, as well as your tensor fasciae latae (also known as the TFL, a muscle located at the outside of the hip), Fagin says.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 6 July 2023
• There’s also the gluteus minimus, which primarily acts as a hip stabilizer and abductor.
  — Megan Falk, Women's Health, 28 June 2023
• Squeeze the gluteus to create pelvic stability while keeping a neutral lower spine (staying within the natural curvature).
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 18 May 2017
• But one volunteer twerker apparently went rogue, jealously pushing other pulsing gluteus maximi out of the way.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 17 Dec. 2017
• For example, DiGiorgio says exercises performed with your feet parallel focus on strengthening the gluteus maximus, the largest glute muscle, while exercises with your feet turned out emphasize your gluteus medius.
  — NBC News, 2 May 2018

Last Updated: 5 Oct 2024