Shakira was right when she said, “Hips don’t lie,” because the hips are key to human movement. Whether you stand, sit, bend, squat, walk, run, jump, shuffle, rotate, or dance you’re relying on your hips to generate the movement. So, you can see that for the athlete, training the hips are incredibly important to performance. They certainly don’t lie, and any athlete lacking the ability to properly fire any of the muscles in that complex system will struggle to perform at their fullest potential. But what if you’re not an athlete?