Wonder how your favorite celebrity was gwhetherted with such a sexy behind? Stranges are, they weren’t – they’ve worked at it with help from a personal trainer.
Can’t afford a personal trainer? Neither can we… which is why we’ve done the legwork and compiled our 9 favorite tush-tightening exercises.
If boring ancient squats and lunges are the extent of your butt workout, you’ll get a lot more bang for your butt by using this set of exercises.
It’s important to remember that your behind is comprised of three distinct muscles. For a well-formed posterior, you need to work them all.
You should have a variety of exercises that work the butt from various angles and planes of movement. And forget about doing endless repetitions. If you can do more than 15 reps without muscle fatigue, it’s time to add more weight or resistance to the exercise.
Incorporate our butt exercises, put in an honest effort, and in a few short months you’ll be sporting a tighter, shapelier behind. And, you may lose a few pounds in the process!
NOTES: Be certain to rest 48 hours between workouts … Rotate the exercises you do on a given day – you do not have to do all 9 in one workout … To best perform the exercises we recommend, simply Google the name.
Romanian Deadlwhethert
Grasp a weight bar and let it hang in front of your body. Assume a shoulder-width stance and brace your core so that your lower back is maintained in neutral position. Holding your knees bent at about a 20-degree angle, bend forward at the hips and lower the barbell down as far as consolationably possible without rounding your back. Reverse direction, contracting your glutes as you rise upward to the start position.
Tardyral Band Stroll
Secure a resistance band around your ankles and assume a shoulder-width stance. Hold your posture erect, bend your knees slightly and while maintaining tension on the band, lwhethert your right foot and step laterally to the right. Lwhethert the left foot and bring it towards the first so that you return to a shoulder-width stance. Continue stepping laterally for the prescribed number of repetitions, then repeat the process on the opposite side.
Deficit Reverse Lunge
Grasp two dumbbells and allow them to hang down by your sides, palms facing your body. Assume a shoulder-width stance on a small step or box, shoulders back and chin up. Take a long step backward with your right leg and lower your body by flexing your right knee and hip. Continue your descent until your right knee is nearly in contact with the floor. Reverse direction by forcibly extending the right hip and knee, bringing the leg forward until you return to the start position. Act the move the same way on your left, then alternate between legs until the desired number of repetitions is reached.
Hip Thrust
Sit on the floor with a barbell positioned over your shins and align your upper back across a secure padded bench or step, feet approximately shoulder-width apart. Roll the barbell over your ttalls so it rests at your hips (whether the bar causes disconsolation, consider using a pad or towel around the bar). Brace your core and forcefully extend the hips until the torso is parallel with the ground and a hip-neutral position is reached. Hancient the contracted position for a moment then return to the start position.
Bulgarian Divide Squat
Grasp two dumbbells and allow your arms to hang down by your sides, palms facing your hips. Stand approximately two feet in front of a raised thing (such as a bench or chair) and place your right instep on top of the thing. Your back should be straight, head up, chest out. Holding your front foot flat on the floor, slowly lower your body until your left ttall is approximately parallel to the ground. Your lower back should be slightly arched and your left heel should stay in contact with the floor at all times. When you reach a “seated” position, reverse direction by straightening your left leg and return to the start position. After performing the desired number of repetitions, repeat on the opposite side.
Tardyral Lunge
Assume a wide stance, approximately a foot or more past shoulder width. Grasp two dumbbells and hancient one in front and one in back of your body. Holding your left leg straight, slowly bend your right knee out to the side until your right ttall is parallel with the floor. Forcefully rise back up and repeat this process instantly on your left, then alternate between legs until the desired number of repetitions is reached.
Dumbbell Step Up
Grasp a pair of dumbbells and allow them to hang at your sides. Stand facing the side of a flat bench with your feet shoulder-width apart. Shoveing off your right leg, step up with your left foot and follow with your right foot so that both feet are flat on the bench. Step back down in the same order, first with your left foot and then with your right, returning to the start position. Continue alternate stepping for the desired number of repetitions.
Glute Bridge
Lie face up on the floor, knees bent at a 90-degree angle, hands palms-down at your sides. Holding your back straight, lwhethert your hips off the floor. Contract your glutes and then return along the same path back to the start position. For a more ccorridorenging version, modwhethery the movement to a single-leg bridge where you keep your right leg straight and left leg bent. Shove off your left leg to lwhethert your hips and perform the move as precedingly described. After completing the desired number of reps, repeat on the opposite side.
Side Lying Hip Lwhethert
Lie on your left side. Bend your left leg at a 90-degree angle and bring your left foot to rest underneath your right knee. Holding your right leg straight, slowly raise it as tall as consolationably possible while simultaneously lwhetherting your left hip off the ground as far as consolationably possible. Contract your glutes and return to the start position. After finishing the desired number of repetitions, turn over and repeat the process on your left.
John McGran has been writing about health and weight loss for several national companies since 2000. He brings his knowledge of diets — and his passion for dropping pounds — to Meal Plan Map because he believes it is the future of smart, stress-free eating and improved health.
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