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Gluteus
Gluteus meaning
Any of the several muscles of the nates, each of which arises from the pelvis and inserts into a femur. | Short for gluteus maximus, either of a pair of large muscles in the human buttocks.
Synonyms of Gluteus
Example sentences (7)
This exercise can strengthen one’s gluteus maximus, medius and minimus as well as hamstrings.
Apparently “okole” is a “Hawaiian word for the gluteus maximus region”.
It can help activate the gluteus maximus, quadriceps, and strengthen core muscles; in fact, research shows that during spinning, these areas are used most, burning at least 600 to 800 calories an hour, as they are the largest muscles in the body.
Not much had been seen of Russell but, passing Hastings on the way to his new berth, he’d offer a reassuring pat on the gluteus maximus.
The injection was sort of syrupy and it felt like a golf ball had been shot into your Gluteus Maximus.
The design, coupled with low or dropped handlebars, requires the rider to bend forward more, making use of stronger muscles (particularly the gluteus maximus ) and reducing air resistance at high speed.
The gluteus maximus has its origin between (and around) the iliac crest and the coccyx from where one part radiates into the iliotibial tract and the other stretches down to the gluteal tuberosity under the greater trochanter.