[header] How to prevent injuries while running [title] Build your glutes. [step] The gluteus maximus is the largest single muscle in the body and is key in your running motion. Glutes are part of the posterior chain, a line of muscles the starts at behind the knee and ends in the upper back.
To develop the glutes, you need exercises that move in that plane. [substeps] Donkey kicks are a great bodyweight exercise to develop glutes.