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Old 06-20-2008, 08:50 PM   #15
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Agreed on both accounts.

I was speaking with an orthopedic surgeon buddy a while back, explaining that a patient of mine had ITB syndrome. His first question was - Is he a runner or cyclist? For both of those reasons that Steel mentioned. I would include the gluteus maximus and especially the gluteus medius in the list of muscles that are often weakened in runners and cyclists and often need special strengthening attention.
goose, would the exercises I do where I have one foot along the edge of a step and I lower the non-step side and bring it back up again using the tfl on the step side (it's a tough one to describe) also hit the gluteus medius?
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