Strong, active hips are said to improve balance, stability and movement, and help reduce injury risk.

noli's read

The idea that hip strength matters for injury prevention lines up with the broader strength-training literature (Lauersen et al., 2014, shows strength training roughly halves injury risk across muscle groups), but the post describes a brief 'activation' routine, not an actual strengthening program, and those are two different things. Specific trials on pre-exercise glute-activation drills show mixed results: one study found no difference in muscle activation between a standard dynamic warm-up and dedicated activation exercises in uninjured athletes. The link between an 'underactive' hip and injury risk mostly comes from already-symptomatic or rehab populations, not evidence that a short activation routine in a healthy person lowers risk in advance. Better balance and stability from regular hip work is plausible and low-risk to recommend, but the post's framing lends this brief routine a protective power that really belongs to structured strength training over time.

the sources

1. 1Lauersen JB et al. 2014