Roswell Fitness Factory (Georgia Personal Training) The gluteal muscles are the largest muscles in the body. They support your spine, as well as provide balance and leverage for movement. When you do squats or lunges, you strengthen your glutes. However, there are also specific exercises that target your butt directly. These exercises are called "Glute Sculpting" exercises and include leg curls, hip thrusts and kickbacks. Glute Sculpting The glute muscles are a group of muscles that make up the buttocks. They are responsible for moving the lower limbs and stabilizing the pelvis, spine and hip during movement. The gluteal muscles include: Gluteus maximus - largest muscle in human body and primary extensor of thigh at hip joint (leg straight) or knee joint (knee bent) Gluteus Medius - lateral rotator of hip joint Gluteus minimus is a small muscle that lies deep to the gluteus Medius. It originates on the outer surface of the ilium (hip bone) and inserts on the posterior surface of the greater trochanter (bony process at superior end of femur). Gluteus minimus works with gluteus Medius to abduct and rotate thigh outwards. The gluteus minimus muscle is part of the posterior hip [...]