Christopher Ellis demonstrates staggered hip abduction with a loop band around the ankles. Position your bottom leg forward, top leg back, keep your body in a straight line, and rotate your foot slightly inward to activate the glutes more and reduce involvement of the tensor fasciae latae.
This is what I call staggered hip abduction. So you take a loop band, you put it around both ankles, you put the bottom leg forward and the top leg back. That angle forces the glute medius and maximus to engage more. Keep that knee straight and there should be a straight line between your shoulder, hip, and ankle. And turn the foot slightly down like she is here. That just creates a little bit of internal rotation of the hip, which puts the TFL muscle at a disadvantage, so it forces the glutes to fire a little more.
