Did you know? 🤨The traditional clamshell exercise primarily targets the gluteus medius muscle, which is located on the side of the hip. This muscle plays an essential role in stabilising the pelvis and controlling hip movements. By performing the clamshell exercise, you can effectively strengthen and activate the gluteus medius, helping to improve hip stability and prevent issues such as hip pain or instability.But! Most people do them wrong! How ? They lift their leg too high and with doing so

We had someone reach out about how to perform a clam or clamshell exercise so here you go!! 🎉 Truthfully, we don't prescribe or perform this exercise very often at OPAL because it's often performed incorrectly and there are other exercises we like better for targeting glute medius. That being said, to perform a clamshell correctly you have to master moving the hip without moving the low back (aka Movement Principle #4) and we are all about that. To perform a clamshell, lay on your side with you