Gluteus Medius
Anatomy, function and the kettlebell exercises that train the gluteus medius.
- Body region
- Hip (lateral)
- Muscle group
- Glutes
What the gluteus medius does
Hip abductor and stabilizer, important for single-leg and lateral work.
Kettlebell exercises that train the gluteus medius
25 exercises from our biomechanical library, ordered by how primarily they load this muscle.
- Low Windmillprimary
- Windmill Anyhowprimary
- Windmillprimary
- Double Kettlebell Ninety Ninety Get-Upprimary
- Goblet Squatstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Sumo Deadliftstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Wide Stance Tucked Rowstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Racked Carrystabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Step-Upstabilizer
- Double Arm Step-Upstabilizer
- Spartan Side Plankstabilizer
- Single Arm Racked Carrystabilizer
- Single Arm Lateral Snatchstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Farmer Carrystabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Overhead Carrystabilizer
- Single Arm Reverse Curtsy Get-Upsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Squat Deadliftsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Racked Curtsy Get-Upsecondary
- Single Arm Single-Leg Deadliftsecondary
- Ninety-Ninety Windmillsecondary
- Single Arm Side Bendsecondary
- Turkish Get-Upsecondary
- Circular Cleansecondary
- Double Kettlebell Reverse Ninety-Ninety Get-Upsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Side Bendsecondary
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