Most people would agree that we live in a society that is predominantly run by males. For thousands of years, it was the caveman going out and killing dinner, while the woman stayed home with the young, raising them. Over time, this developed into a society where the man was the breadwinner and women stayed home and continued to raise the children, while cooking, cleaning, and doing the other housing tasks. Only recently, with the advent of the two-income society have we started to shift into a direction where men and women are starting to see some equality in terms of job demands and expectations. What does this have to do with bodybuilding? I'm glad you asked. In a male's world, the glutes are a body part which is seldom overlooked while gazing at the fairer sex. It's very rare that a woman can walk into a room and not have her rear end at least glanced at by a male member of the room. Call it genetic predisposition to reproduce, or just clal it men being pigs. But the reality is that men very rarely pass up a chance to examine the glutes of a female. When it comes to their own glutes, however, men often ignore them completely. When we're looking at this from a bodybuilding standpoint, this can be very counterproductive to bodybuilding goals, which include complete physical development. Men will often flex their hamstrings, quads, calves, and every other body part in a mirror, and they'll devote hours each week to training these "sub-beltine" muscle groups. However the glutes, which happen to be the largest muscle group in the body, will often remain untrained. Sure, they will receive some secondary stimulation from exercises like squats and leg curls. But for the most part, the glutes aren't given much thought in training, flexing, and posing. Ten years ago, that wouldn't have mattered much. Today, thanks to 8-time Mr. Olympia winner Ronnie Coleman, shredded glutes are all the rage among professional bodybuilding shows. They may have had them in the 1980s and 1990s, but they sure did a better job of keeping them covered up! Ever since Ronnie "flossed' with his trunks and delivered shredded glutes to the judges for the first time, the standard has been set. Bodybuilders like Phil heath and Dexter Jackson soon followed suit, and it's no coincidence they were in the top 3 at the 2008 Mr. Olympia show, with Dexter Jackson actually winning. No matter what your opinion on shredded glutes and whether or not they belong on a bodybuilding stage, the reality is that in professional (and top national level shows), the glutes are a body part which should come in as close to shredded as possible, and should be displayed when appropriate, no matter what your comfort level with it may be. It's time to stop ignoring the glutes. Thanks to professional bodybuilding, they are here to stay. Train them, flex them, and display them if you have the cuts to make a lasting impression on the judges.
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