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The Muscle You Didn’t Know You Needed: Why Gluteus Medius Changes Everything

If I asked you to name the muscles in your glutes, most people would say “the glutes” and leave it at that. Maybe “glute max” if they’ve been around fitness for a while. But your glute max has a smaller, lesser-known neighbor — your gluteus medius — and it plays a critical role in how you move, balance, and stabilize through almost everything you do in a day.

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