Move Over, Walking Workouts - I Tried Side-Stepping Workouts for a Week and My Glutes Were on Fire

Why people do banded side steps (and why they’re usually disappointed) People do banded side steps because they feel them in their glutes. That burn makes it feel like you’re building muscle and doing something productive. The problem is, feeling a burn doesn’t mean you’re actually growing your glutes. Banded side steps don’t load the muscle very much, and they don’t challenge it in the way glutes need to grow. They mostly teach your body to push against a band in a tiny range of motion — not to

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