How to Use gluteus maximus in a Sentence

gluteus maximus

noun

• At your hips, the IT band connects to the gluteus maximus and gluteus medius.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 4 Dec. 2023
• The gluteus maximus is the largest of the three and primarily works to extend the hips.
  — K. Aleisha Fetters, SELF, 31 July 2018
• The insertion of the upper portion of the gluteus maximus leaves a scar on the pelvis.
  — Brianna Barbu, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2022
• Your gluteus maximus is the largest muscle in your body.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 27 June 2018
• The Oz alum has long been admired for his gluteus maximus.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• The movement zeroes in on the gluteus maximus, which is the muscle that creates the shape of your rear end.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
• Instead, Davis has a bruise on his gluteus maximus, the main muscle that makes up the buttocks.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2019
• The gluteus maximus is the largest muscle of the group, is closest to the skin’s surface, and is in charge of extending the hips, says Myers.
  — Megan Falk, Women's Health, 28 June 2023
• 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
• Behold the tush: the gluteus maximus, the largest muscle in the body, responsible for keeping the body upright.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• The biggest muscle is the gluteus maximus in your buttocks; the smallest is the stapedius, which stabilizes the smallest bone in your body — the stapes bone of the middle ear.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022
• This muscle assists your largest butt muscle—your gluteus maximus—in raising your thigh out to the side.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
• For example, your glutes are made up of three main muscles, the gluteus maximus, the gluteus medius, and the gluteus minimus.
  — Amy Marturana, SELF, 5 Apr. 2019
• Of course, this just begs another question: why is the gluteus maximus so large in humans?
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 9 Apr. 2022
• Specifically, there are three butt muscles to know: the gluteus maximus, the gluteus medius, and the gluteus minimus1.
  — Suzannah Weis, SELF, 21 July 2021
• Holding the all-fours position works the upper body and core, while the leg lift with a resistance band targets the gluteus maximus, the largest muscle in the butt.
  — Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 5 Apr. 2018
• While the gluteus maximus is the biggest butt muscle, minimis and medius have the important job of helping to stabilize and round out the butt as a whole.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 7 Oct. 2020
• There are three glute muscles: the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 4 Dec. 2023
• This exercise strengthens the pecs and core, and the gluteus maximus and hamstrings must work to maintain a tall kneeling position.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 16 June 2022
• Many popular glute moves, like squats or forward and reverse lunges, mainly target the gluteus maximus (the biggest muscle of the butt).
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 13 Feb. 2019
• Your gluteus maximus and medius are the two major muscles that control the position of the pelvis and overall stability of the leg during the running stride.
  — Jason Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2019
• Most of us focus on training our gluteus maximus, which is responsible for a lifted, toned look in the buttocks.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 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
• Your bum is composed of three muscles: gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimis.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 7 Oct. 2020
• These muscles include the hip extensors such as the gluteus maximus, hamstrings and a groin muscle called the adductor magnus.
  — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2020
• 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
• Researchers found that when looking at individual muscles, the size of an athlete's gluteus maximus was key to his speed.
  — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 2 Oct. 2020
• Your biggest glute muscle, the gluteus maximus, really fires during hip extension—say, in the upward phase of a deadlift.
  — SELF, 23 Feb. 2022
• Weakness in the gluteus maximus can be addressed with strength training; just running will not directly strengthen those muscles.
  — Jeff Horowitz, Outside Online, 15 June 2020

Last Updated: 18 Oct 2024