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Neuro Glutes: An 8-Day Neuromuscular Activation Protocol

You put in the hours — squats, lunges, endless glute bridges — and the shape still doesn’t change. Instead your lower back and hamstrings end up sore, doing the work the glutes should be doing. That isn’t weak glutes. They’ve simply stopped switching on, so the muscles around them compensate.

Your glutes aren’t weak — they’re firing last. These 8 days wake them back up before you load them, so the shape comes back and your lower back finally gets a break.

  • Author: Alena Sashina · MindBodyFace Academy
  • Duration: 8 days · 8 recorded lessons
  • Access: 365 days

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Comments about the program

4.9
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Standing tall again, weight settling back over the heels

Ribs settle down and the lower back lengthens

The glutes lift and firm instead of sitting flat

The forward lean goes out of the whole side line

Rounder, higher glutes and a defined waist

The head comes back over the shoulders

The pelvis tucks under and the glutes switch back on

The lower-back arch eases and the pelvis sits level

See what reviewers are saying

After classes with Alyona, I felt alive again. The back pain stopped, I felt lightness, and my neck no longer hurts. My body became toned, and my mood — as if spring had come. The main thing — everything is done gently and with care. I’m delighted!
Marina, 36, Mother of three
Alyona is an amazing specialist. She noticed things I couldn’t understand for years. We gently “unpacked” my body — and I finally straightened up! My knee almost doesn’t crunch anymore, my glutes came alive, and even my gaze became more confident. Everything fell into place. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Iren, 50, Office worker
At first it seemed that I was just ‘not like others’ — I couldn’t bend, I couldn’t move like others. But with Alyona, everything began to change: I saw curves, felt flexibility, and the pain went away. Now my body is my resource, not a problem. Thank you for this path!
Lana, 39, Freelancer

Inside the course

  • 8 lessons full of practice and theory
  • 8 days — one lesson at a time, or slower if that suits you
  • Watch on any device at your own pace
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  • 365 days of access to all course materials
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A look inside the program

Silent clips from the filmed lessons — lunges that put the load where it belongs, hip hinges with a kettlebell, side work for the lower back.

Real footage from the 8-day program with Alena Sashina.
Correcting imbalances and posture
Correcting imbalances, posture
Rolling out the foot with a massage ball
Rolling out the feet first
Side bend with a kettlebell for the lower back and glutes
Lower back relief & firm glutes
Single-leg hip hinge with a kettlebell
3D glutes, strength training

How this compares

What the protocol actually works on:

  • glutes that stay quiet in daily life, not only in the gym
  • pelvic asymmetry and an unstable torso
  • lower back, back and knee load taken on by the wrong muscles
  • a lost sense of connection with the lower body
  • gait, stooping and stiffness
  • the aftermath of childbirth and old injuries, weakened pelvic muscles
  • chronic tightness and the compensations built on top of it
  • exercises performed correctly on the outside with nothing happening inside
ApproachWhat it actually changes
Gym glute trainingSquats, hip thrusts and machines add load. They do not restore the signal or change the order muscles switch on — so the same detour gets stronger, and the quads and the lower back keep doing the work.
Personal trainer, one to oneCustom programming with live form correction. Whether recruitment is addressed at all depends entirely on how well that particular trainer knows pelvic mechanics — it is not part of the format.
Pilates or barre studioLow-impact core work with a posture focus, and a good neighbour to this protocol. Progress is slow, and the entry point is the exercise rather than the muscle that has dropped out of the chain.
Online glute challengesHigh-rep band routines, one size fits all. Volume without activation: if the muscle is under-recruited on day one, thirty days of repetitions leave it under-recruited.
NEURO GLUTESEight days in a fixed order: read your point A, release what blocks the signal, switch the muscle on through the nervous system, and only then load it. A gentle entry that is safe after childbirth or an injury — but it asks for consistency, and it is a movement protocol, not a weight-loss program.

Wake up glutes that stopped working — for real shape and a lower back that stops aching.

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What “neuro” means here

A muscle works only when the signal reaches it.

After sedentary years, after childbirth or after an injury, the body finds a way around the glutes. They stop firing first in the chain, and the work is picked up by the lower back and the back of the thigh. That is why the effort goes in and the shape stays: you are training a detour, not the muscle.

You may have heard this called “dead butt” or “glute amnesia”. Those are nicknames, not medical terms. What they describe is a muscle that is under-recruited — it still works, it has simply stopped being the first one called.

Neuro here means one thing only: the signal that travels from the nerve to the muscle, and the order in which muscles switch on. This is movement work, not brain training — the program makes no claims about memory, focus, concentration or anything cognitive.

What changes in 8 days

  • The recruitment order — the glutes come in first instead of last, and the work stops sliding into the lower back
  • Glutes and core — deep layers switch back on and the centre of the body activates, in daily life and not only in the gym
  • Lower back, pelvis and gait — less pulling through the lumbar spine and sacrum, pelvic asymmetry evens out, posture and walk change with it
  • All three planes — the muscle is engaged in movement, not only in an isolated exercise

This course is for you if:

The protocol works on the signal and on the mechanics of the pelvis, so the change shows up in the order your muscles switch on — and in how you stand, walk and move because of it.

  • You train and see nothing change: gym or home, the effort goes in and the glutes stay quiet.
  • Your lower back pays for every session: squats and lunges leave the back sore, not the glutes.
  • One side works harder than the other: one hip stands higher, and you feel it when you walk.
  • You are coming back after a break, a pregnancy or an injury: the entry is gentle and starts below the load that hurts.
  • You are a complete beginner: no gym experience required, the course starts from the basics.
  • You sit most of the day: and the whole lower body feels like it has gone quiet.

How our program works:

  • 100% digital, on-demand: every lesson streams on demand — open it on a phone, tablet or laptop, anywhere you are.
  • Fully pre-recorded, self-paced: nothing is scheduled and nothing is missed. One lesson a day, or slower if that suits you.
  • A mat is enough: some lessons also use a foam roller, a small ball or a resistance band. The whole program runs at home.

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How we are going to do this

When the glutes stop firing first, the body compensates: the pelvis tips forward, the lower back over-arches and the load slides into the hamstrings and the thighs. That is not a fitness level — it is a movement pattern, and movement patterns can be re-taught.

Step 1 — see where you actually are

The first lesson is theory and a fixed “point A”: how your pelvis sits, what your posture is doing and how to read your own body. Everything after that is measured against it.

Step 2 — release what blocks the signal

Myofascial release for the glutes, legs and back takes the deep, chronic tension out of the area. A locked pelvis and a clamped fascia are exactly what keeps the muscle from being reached.

Step 3 — switch the muscle back on

Core and glute activation through the nervous system — the part most programs skip. Loading a muscle that is not firing simply sends the work back to the quads and the lower back, which is where it was going all along.

Step 4 — load it and keep it

Only then comes strength work in three planes. The final lesson captures “point B” and shows you how to keep the new order in everyday movement, not only during a workout.

A mat is enough to start

Some lessons also use a foam roller, a small ball or a resistance band. Nothing else — the whole program is built to run at home.

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Course program

8 lessons over 8 days — from reading your own body and releasing tension, through activation, to strength work and a measured result.

Who teaches it

NEURO GLUTES is a MindBodyFace Academy course. Every Academy program is built on Dr. Ales Ulishchenko’s methodology and delivered by an Academy expert in that field.

Alena Sashina, the author of the course

Alena Sashina — a certified fitness trainer and specialist in movement biomechanics, and founder of the Smart Fitness online club. She has spent over 8 years working with anatomy, movement and recovery, and the last 7 of them guiding people out of everyday pain. She leads every lesson of the 8-day program.

Ales Ulishchenko, Doctor of Medicine, PhD

Ales Ulishchenko, Doctor of Medicine, PhD — Longevity & Osteopathic Practitioner (UAE). An integrative physician who combines evidence-based medicine with osteopathy, biodynamics, functional medicine, biohacking and mindfulness. His work addresses root causes rather than symptoms, without relying on medications or invasive procedures.

Medical licenses

Dubai Health Authority professional license
Dubai Health Authority professional license card

Licensed by the Dubai Health Authority and practicing in the UAE. Not licensed to practice in the United States.

Trainer credentials

  • 11,000,000 followers across 9 languages and 100,000+ students
  • 12+ years in clinical medicine and 20+ years of body practices
  • Creator of the Faceplastica® natural rejuvenation method
  • Founder of the MindBodyFace Platform
  • Chief Medical Officer of Dr. Ales Osteopathic Medical Clinic (practicing in the UAE)
  • President of the International Academy of Faceplastica® and Osteopathy (since 2019)
  • Registered member of the Official Registry of Certified Osteopathic Physicians

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