In this conversation, GluteDoperDoc Timothy and Brendan Housler discuss the concept of glute doping and its application in cycling. They explore the importance of proper technique and muscle activation in cycling performance and pain management. They also discuss the role of glute muscles in generating power and how to train them effectively. The conversation highlights the need for a strong foundation in glute activation and technique to improve cycling performance and prevent injuries.
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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome!
02:30 Introducing Glute Doping and its Benefits
04:25 Understanding the Problem and the Potential of Glute Doping
05:48 The Importance of Technique and Mindset in Cycling
09:34 The Role of Glute Activation in Cycling Performance
12:41 The Foundation of Glute Doping and its Practical Application
17:21 The Practicality and Effectiveness of Glute Doping
26:15 Training the Glutes for Power Generation in Cycling
32:24 Developing the Mindset of Riding with Glute Muscles as the Primary Drivers
36:34 The Order of Operations in Cycling Technique
38:51 Introduction and Glute Activation
39:27 Proximal Stability Before Distal Mobility
41:24 The Role of Spinal Health
42:22 Practical Tips for Glute Activation
45:44 The Magic of the Middle Power Range
48:53 Engaging the Will and Taking Control of Training
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35 Comments
My glutes are mutes
assuming you have a high end professional bike fit on a TT bike and have no issues with aches or discomfort, Would using Q rings or oval rings Help with glute activation? Would they help at all for cycling performance?
This attempt at teaching is too manic to be effective. Q: "What are the five exercises?" A: 20-min soliloquy…
It's too bad bc he clearly has a lot of good information, but his presentation is so messy most listeners will not have as many actionable takeaways as they otherwise would.
Glute doping with a healthy dose of cocaine too it would seem. Can only presume he got his doctorate from the same place as Dr Nick Riviera from the Simpsons.
In response to Tim's comment that riding on flat terrain makes it more challenging to activate the glutes, I wonder how exclusively training indoors during the winter impacts glute activation, and how much glute-specific work is needed to counter-balance that depending on training volume.
Tim helped me get back on the bike after a year of persistent knee injuries. I saw other pt's and drs who prescribed me stuff that just didn't work. And told me it was just due to "getting older" (Im late 30s🙄) Tim got me back riding almost immediately and have been making great progress since. I wish I had started the routine years ago. Would have saved me a lot pain. 😂
Brendon – I can hear your voice in extremely small doses in the last half of the video. Might want to listen to it again from the app.
Tim got into cat 2 and then reclassified to cat 3 where he is more competitive. Facts
Been following Dr. Woo for a while now and even though his advice is very helpful, he seems to be struggling as of late. He sounds like he is on drugs or something.
I really liked that actually and remember you can’t fire a cannon from a canoe
Sounds like, Cyclist's Syndrome, which is a common term for symptoms of pudendal nerve irritation or pudendal neuralgia. See a Neurologist.
WOW!!! I tuned in to find out what time it was, and was given a haphazard rambling dissertation on how to build a clock and the history of time. But never came close to telling me the time. In fact, I wasted 100 mins of time.
Sorry Brendan, but you could do better by just explaining it yourself. One of your less than optimal videos.
This was great ..thanks to both of you for some great tips on riding and moving. Attitude is everything. I see tough criticism in the comments but no actual wisdom/advice. If you have not got anything good to say then say nothing.
He’s a man with lots of things in his head, but his flight of ideas gets into it. He has problem in managing it into a concrete, step by step executable ideas and program..I wonder how he survived his final doctorate presentation
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On a final note, he is too busy explaining and proving himself instead of delivering the information
I think they call it "word salad." Can't imagine anyone would get anything of value from this guy. He charges $200/month for his "coaching." Jesus.
Pretty cool you had Johnny Knoxville on the channel but geez 1hr20min of nothing.
Automatically liked this guy’s motivation to help and his fast talk
there was too much show going on here to get the actionable points. so glutes are vital, but i ride my bike and???
Give me a call Tim. Let’s grab a coffee.
Saying glute doping fixes all of your riding problems… yeah right. Sounds like woowoo. But will have a listen
This fella would make a great teacher in primary school
The difference between this guy and someone like KneesOverToesGuy Ben Patrick is night and day. Both self taught, by the sounds of things, but Ben can impart useful, regessable exercises to fix things in about 3 minutes flat. This guy? I dunno I was 19:30 in and still didn't know what he was on about. No way am I going to sit here for another hour in the hopes that somewhere in there he'll describe the problem and how his stuff can help fix it.
You know that sprinters mounted the saddle more back when going to the tours mountain stages to not to be too spent for the sprints
Ive actually purchased the program and did it for 3 weeks. One day all of a sudden i flaired up sciatica and its been over 2 years now struggling with these issues. I believe its from the band work (holds) for glutes. To be fair i never reached out to Dr Woo. I still do the activating exercises prior to my rides.
A ton of hate. No idea why. Youtube I guess. I see a passionate knowledgeable person… that's it.
Guy is character and I enjoyed how he presented his thoughts… perhaps just me but we listen to enough boring podcasts and cookie cut interviews. This was a refreshing change!
If chasing one's tail were considered a glute activation exercise, then he dis a great job.
I'll just add I've followed some of tim's programs and a lot of the lunch and learns he did back in the day on his instagram site and always learned quite a bit and found his work to be on point in getting rid of knee pain and feelings of being twisted on the bike d/t functional issues. He has great assessments to really give insight into where you need to focus on your work. Have not had an opportunity to watch this video yet, but just wanted to share my two cents that this guy absolutely knows what he is talking about and how to work w/cyclists, just may not have come across in this video.
I think people don't talk anywhere near enough about how to actually pedal so it's good to have someone talking on this. I'm always thinking about it and unfortunately although good peddling (and recruitment) is essential to being any good wherever the energy comes from, glutes, hams, quads whatever, it's still muscle activation and muscle activation and work has an oxygen cost that's the same, energy is energy. If you can get 250 watts of FTP out of your quads then you're not getting 270 watts of FTP by bringing your glutes into the picture. You will distribute load to different muscles which is good but it won't increase power output.
Had to stop my ride to comment. Guest had impressive ability to redirect questions.
Never answered how do I know if my glutes activated in ride?
Answer: I have never changed my video workouts.
Tim needs to tighten his message significantly. This was excrutiating most of the time. I think I was able to extract how to activate glutes on the ride, but it was vague. I'll try what I think I heard.
Can't make it past 12min. This guest has a horrible way of communicating
I think some of the criticism is warranted. He did provide a lot of good information however as to why the glute shuts off. And I gather it requires practicing several exercises to engage them. I think some folks were looking for the actual exercises to do. Though I suspect you have to work directly with him for that. Regardless, I still got something from this. And will try what he says he does when cramps occur. I have spinal issues and I started dealing with them cramping got more frequent and severe. Oddly the mid back area is where I have damage right where he pushed. And low back/ hip a bit. I find that my bike position is very important. If my position leads to a rounded back and posterior rotated hips I'm screwed. Saddle height, tilt, fore/aft and reach all have to be just right. Brendan did you change anything in your position before this occurred or have you tried making changes to help remedy the problem?
I must say that I need those outliers to wake up. Been in cycling over 35years so vanilla doesn’t move me much
This is a mess.