The 8 Best Gluteus Medius Exercises for Healthy Hips and Strong Buns

Clamshell

With your hips and knees bent, take a facet position on a mat on the ground. Maintain a straight posture with your head, hips, and feet in a single line while keeping your hips stacked

Banded clamshell

To maintain a long spine, lie on your side on the floor with your hips and knees bent. Rest your right elbow on your body and raise yourself using your obliques.

Side-lying hip abduction

With both legs extended straight and your upper hand gently grasping the floor in front of you to keep your balance, take a lying down position on the floor.

Side-lying hip abduction with ankle weights

Put an ankle weight of two or five pounds on each leg. Place yourself on your side on the ground. To keep your balance, bend your bottom leg while keeping your top leg straight

Standing abduction

Place your feet hip-width apart, your shoulders back, knees slightly bent, and your feet facing straight forward.

Lateral lunge

Place your feet hip-width apart as you stand.  Step your right leg straight out to the side, about two to three feet away. Land on your bent leg, pushing your hips back so that your thigh is parallel to the floor.

Lateral lunge with a knee drive

Place your feet hip-width apart as you stand. Step your right leg straight out to the side, about two to three feet away.

Lateral step-up

Place yourself sideways close to a stair or step. Elevate the foot nearest to the step and bring it up onto the step.