This can translate to more power and strength in your workouts.

Read on to find out more about those butt muscles!

What are your glute muscles, and how do you work them?

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Katie Thompson

Similar to the core, these help stabilize the body, Perkins says.

Your glute muscles also have different functions.

These muscles work in the frontal plane of movement, or when youre moving from side to side.

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What are the best butt muscles to include in your workout?

Because of this, someone who is relatively new to training can increase load pretty quickly.

This is my favorite move for building strength in the glutes.

barbell hip thrust

They also improve mobility in your hip flexors.

This is also a good option for people with mobility or lower back issues.

you could scale this up by holding dumbbells, a medicine ball, or a sandbag.

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Amanda Katz, CPT and group fitness instructor for Equinox.

Bec Donlan, a trainer atProject by Equinox

Curtsy Lunge

This one really catches up to you.

Michelle Wong, CPT at Life Time in Johns Creek, Georgia.

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When we sit on them all day, they tend to turn off and become weaker.

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Mirinda Carfrae squat exercise

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goblet squat exercise

Kickstand deadlift

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Alternating curtsy lunges

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Singleleg glute bridge

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Miniband glute kickback

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