Hi Martin,

Try a single leg kick. This is from DMA clinical Pilates (I'm sure Craig won't mind). This exercise takes the quads out of the picture. Your only battle is with the hammies.
Lay prone. Have the patient bend the target legs knee to at least 90deg, if not slightly more. This is to inhibt the hammies in hip extension.
The next movement is hip extension. Get the patient to lift the leg towards the ceiling, but only enough so that the knee/distal thigh comes off the floor/mat. While the knee is elevated, extend the knee/ straighten the leg, then come back down.

Too much hip extension will tend to bring in the lumbar spine.

Repeat 15 times.

You should be able to get some gluts activity with this. If not, try some lateral flexion of the spine towards the side you are training and repeat the exercise slightly "bent".

Another one to try is squeezing them in sitting with prompting/poking.


Let me know how you get on.