25/11/2025
Alright lads here’s the truth behind those annoying back twinges and gravel-pit knees.
Two reasons. Neither of them are “age.”
1️⃣ Weak glutes = loud knees & a temperamental lower back
Most men over 30 train everything around the problem.
But the engine room the glutes get ignored.
When the big muscles switch off, the little ones take the beating… and they complain loudly.
Fix:
Step-ups, hip hinges, and slow controlled reps twice a week.
No ego, no heroics just deliberate strength.
2️⃣ Too much sitting = tight hips, stiff spines, and joints that sound like broken gravel
We sit at work.
We sit in the car.
We sit on the sofa.
Then we wonder why everything feels rusted.
Fix:
5 minutes every morning: hips, ankles, thoracic rotation.
Call it your “daily oil change.”
Your body pays you back instantly.
Two problems. Two fixes. Nothing fancy.
Start this week your future self won’t walk like a pensioner at 45.