05/11/2026
If your quads are burning after games while your glutes feel untouched, your main hip extensors are asleep.
Sitting 8 hours a day shuts down your glute max, the primary muscle responsible for stopping horizontal speed and driving you UP. When your glutes go quiet, your quads take on double the workload, leading to chronic quad tendonitis and a short, weak jump stride.
Wake up your glutes so you can be the dependable pin hitter your setter feeds in set 3. Save this reel for leg day, and follow for more kinetic chain breakthroughs