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Your weak glutes are secretly wrecking your knees and lower back.
Most athletes think glute training is just for aesthetics. In reality, your glutes are the main power source behind your running, jumping, and lifting. When they aren’t firing properly, your knees and lower back are forced to pick up the slack and take a beating.
We’re breaking down 3 of our favorite functional glute exercises to build real athletic stability:
• Lateral Box Step Ups (Loaded): Targets the side of your hip to stop your knees from caving in when you squat.
• Landmine Skater Lunges: Rebuilds single-leg control and dynamic hip power.
• Bulgarian Split Squats (Loaded): The ultimate tool to expose and fix side-to-side strength imbalances.
💾 SAVE THIS POST to swap these variations into your next lower-body training block.
If you’re ready to fix your movement leaks and stay ahead of pain, tap the link in our bio to book a movement screening.
07/01/2026
Can faith and mental health coexist in a powerful way?
Join us on this episode of the Move More podcast as we sit down with Josh Coble, a seasoned expert in behavioral health, to explore this profound question.
With nearly a decade of experience, Josh brings a wealth of knowledge about the critical importance of mental health and shares heartening stories of guiding individuals from non-functional states to stability.
We tackle the cultural stigmas that often prevent people from seeking help and discuss the necessity for improved healthcare access to ensure everyone receives the support they need.
Check out “The Move More Pod” on Spotify to listen to this eye-opening conversation!
06/29/2026
Sitting on the couch for a month is not a recovery plan.
Let’s be real: telling an active athlete to just “sit out and see how it feels” is a quick way to lose your hard-earned progress and your sanity.
We’ve all been there. You tweak something during a workout, take a couple of weeks off, and feel totally fine while you’re doing nothing. But the exact second you get back under the barbell? The pain comes roaring right back.
That’s because complete rest just makes your muscles weak, cold, and guarded. True recovery isn’t about stopping—it’s about adapting. If a movement hurts your shoulder, you don’t drop upper body day entirely. You change the angle, modify the load, and keep training safely so you can pump fresh blood to the tissue and protect your muscle.
You don’t have to choose between sitting on the sidelines or training in pain.
Tired of being told to do nothing? DM us “MOVE” and let’s build a real strategy to keep you in the gym while you heal.
06/23/2026
What if traditional physical therapy is failing you?
With 15 years under our belt, joins us to uncover the revolutionary shifts transforming the industry.
Gone are the days of boring exercises and passive treatments in uninspiring clinic settings.
Learn how modern physical therapy is evolving into a dynamic, movement-driven practice that prioritizes active participation and personalized treatment plans, fully utilizing the in-depth education and skills of today’s physical therapists.
You can listen to this important conversation on our podcast “The Move More Pod” on Spotify
Your doctor or PT telling you that you “look ready” to go back to training is a massive red flag.
Basic physical therapy usually ends when the daily pain stops. But daily life doesn’t require sprinting, jumping, or catching a heavy clean. If you’re an athlete, guessing if you’re ready to play is a fast track to a re-injury.
We show exactly how we take the guesswork completely out of the equation.
We use the VALD performance decks to run an isometric mid-thigh pull test. This specific test puts you right into the ultimate “power position” used in olympic lifting, sprinting, and jumping.
Instead of just eyeballing your movement, this tech gives us objective data on your overall force output, your time to peak force, and the exact percentage difference between your injured leg and your healthy leg. If that side-to-side gap is too wide, your body will overcompensate elsewhere and cause another tweak.
That’s the Stage 2 Rehab difference—we measure the data so you can step back onto the field with 100% confidence.
Stop guessing with your recovery. Click the link in our bio to book your performance testing session today.
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