Butt Question

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slenamond

Cathlete
I have recently read that if you have a butt and want to shape it that lighter weights and more reps is the way to go AND

if you need to build a butt you should go heavy and do less reps.

Has anyone found this to be true? I have plenty of rear but need to lift it and shape the top of it. Any suggestions or advice from experience?

Thanks in advance.
 
I have a big ol' J-Lo booty and I found that it got a little smaller when I really upped my weights. I do PS SL&A with a 65 lb barbell one time a week and I also do a lighter/endurance lower body or a cardio/lower body circuit later in the week and find that this combo is slowly deconstructing what genetics and junk food did to me. Also, I find doing PLB with heavy weights really affects (effects - I never know which one to use) the glutes in a good way. HTH.
 
I have a J-Lo, too! Lifting as heavy as possible, kickboxing, and floor work are helping. I imagine a clean diet and cardio for the flab would be great...the cardio I'm consistant at, but the diet? Not so much, but improving! Plus I try not to worry about the size, just getting rid of some jiggle and keeping it lifted! I'm a Latina, so I've got the genetics for a larger backside. I'd appreciate any advice on shaping the top of the butt, too. I try to go as heavy as I can on dead lifts, but any specific exercises would be great!
CinDee
 
Big butt here also. I have found that heavy work seems to be working for me also. I did, however, have to cut back on leg presses. I was Firming for a while and doing leg presses several times per week which made my butt even bigger. I switched to Cathe workouts only with leg presses only about once per week with heavier weights and saw improvement.
 
My butt muscle is already optimal. It's the fat on top that's the issue. I carry all my fat in the lower butt/upper thighs and since the muscle is already ok, I just keep doing what I'm doing, and try to keep losing body fat with diet and consistent exercise. I lost 10 lbs with calorie staggering, and of course, it made my butt seem smaller, because that's the only place it could come from. But some of it is still there. Just call me "Buttso Anyway".

I am 5 8 and 130, and that last nasty butt fat may never leave.
 
plenty of butt here also.I have found lighter wts/endurance work mixed with one heavy workout put in sometimes and kickbox is what has kept my butt in tip top shape:7
 
Latina butt here too. I find that when I go heavier that's when I feel it the most. Fat is there too but its hard under there!! Believe me when I say that I don't want it to get any bigger or rounder - just firmer. Guess when I get back to my regular workouts and clean up my eating habits hopefully all that stuff will go down and then watch out - hard firm butt on the horizon - LOL. Don't give up - just think to yourself - it will come, it will get hard and firm, it will, it will, it will. Ha!!

Take care,

Iris
 
I have a really small butt - but it is defined and shapely, - similar to Cathe's and it is the heavier weights that has achieved this for me - it has made my butt lifted and well rounded.

From what I read in the other posts - it seems it is weights that will help your butt no matter what condition your butt is in. I really think that is the best route to go!

Cheryl
 
Bobbi,

I love that gene thing/jean thing. That's great! I think my rear looks pretty good in jeans, but I wished it looked better without them! For me, I think variety helps, for instance I think L&G is going to be good, and it has pretty light weights, but I think the heavier work I've done in Cathe's other lower body workouts has been crucial too. I think I'm still working on the perfect mix for me, but I'm having fun doing it!
 
Lisa, I feel the same way about my abs. I'm a Tankini woman! I like to change things often too. I have been doing heavy strength doggedly for months because I took such a large amount of time off and put myself at square one. The one thing I love about the heavy work is it's over in 8, 10, or 12 reps and knowing that allows me great focus although, at times, by the end of the set I am screaming! I always marvel at the crew, standing back there looking as if they could pull off a few more reps, unperturbed, serene and beautiful. I am always blowing out forcefully and making myself breathe. Step ups kick my heart rate up; they feel almost more aerobic rather than anaerobic and I feel compelled to make loud noises about it! LOL!

I did PS CST and PS BBA yesterday and I was struck by Rhonda. She's always been lean and gorgeous, but her quads and glutes are a great deal more streamlined these past few years and her abs, well, I secretly hate those who can pull off a six-pack. Shh, don't tell anyone, ok? I may go through February alternating The Heavies, S&H, PS, PLB&PUB and PP. I am a hardgainer, that's for sure but my bod IS muscular. I just have to let people FEEL it rather than having them look at me and say, "Look at the muscles on that woman", and hopefully NEVER,"Excuse me, Sir", since I whacked my hair really short! LOL!

My husband said he has to start working out and when I asked him why, it's because of my "hard" if small body!

And finally, when I do go back to the endurance workouts, I know they will be fresh and fun. I love having so many to choose from and Cathe's workouts never cease to impress and please me!

The End! LOL!
Bobbi "Chick's rule!" http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/chicken.gif
 
Since I started doing Cathe two years ago after years of doing the Firm, my butt and hips have become noticably smaller. My butt has always been small and my hips have always been narrow, so I don't consider this an improvement. I thought my butt looked better when I was doing the Firm (lighter weights, higher reps). Then again, since I started doing Cathe, I have been working out 6 days/wk rather than 3 or 4, so that might be a factor. Like Bobbi, though, my abs are my trouble spot and doing Cathe has significantly helped to improve this area.
 
You can't beat walking lunges for defining the butt. I do three sets of thirty and run the next day. You will be very sore but I believe being really sore is the only way to improve the posterior.
Being sore is due to tearing down of the muscle fibres and the repair of this damage is what creates well developed muscles.




Madonna
 
Alexandra:

I don't normally use any weights, my body weight is enough. But some people like to put a barbell on their shoulders or hold dumbells. Just make sure you take a big step and hold the position a second before rising from the lunge position. Do them slow, not with the tempo of music. You could step into the lunge position then hold it for four counts, then rise up. In my opinion, you should get pretty winded doing them slow like this. I always have to rest between sets. My sets are three sets of 30, then sometimes, I will add ten more reps to just make an even 100. I know it sounds like a lot, and it is, but nothing will get your bottom looking better.


Madonna
 
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