How to target my big butt!!??

SoCaLchick

Baby definitely got back over here lol. Seriously.. People have called me "bootie" since I was a teenager.

Problem is, my butt is getting wider and wider as the years go on. It's to the point where I feel it just isn't even attractive anymore (at least not to me). I'd really like to target the width of my butt specifically... Not sure what exercises I can do to attain that. However, I hear that doing squats will only make my butt bigger. So I'm at a loss with what to do.

I know overall weight loss will help reduce the overall size, which I'm working on. But I was wondering if there were any specific exercises that might help??

Thank you, in advance

LKArgh

You cannot. You lose the weight all over.

lseed87

You can't really target areas but squats, lunges, glute exercises in general can make it firmer while reducing the rest of it..

Sumiblue

Got to lose fat (through deficit) to lose excess booty. I speak from experience. Exercises that can build & shape the glute muscles are the ones mentioned above: squats, lunges, glute bridges, hip thrusters. Check out Strong Curves. I am pear shaped and I've lost some fat & lift weights and I've def lost inches in my hips/Glutes.

SoCaLchick

Sumiblue wrote: »

Got to lose fat (through deficit) to lose excess booty. I speak from experience. Exercises that can build & shape the glute muscles are the ones mentioned above: squats, lunges, glute bridges, hip thrusters. Check out Strong Curves. I am pear shaped and I've lost some fat & lift weights and I've def lost inches in my hips/Glutes.

Thanks for the advice! So do you think I should avoid doing those particular exercises? I'm just not wanting my butt to stay the same or get bigger. A friend told me to avoid those exercises and only do cardio and weights.

zoeysasha37

You can not spot reduce.
Genetics play a big role in some our *assets*
All you can do is reduce your body fat and see how it goes !

20yearsyounger

You probably shouldn't avoid them. You know what your bootie was like before you gained weight.

SoCaLchick

This is what my butt looks like. I'd really like to not lose the outward shape (if that makes any sense), just the width. I just don't think I can target it like that, as many of you have already mentioned

SoCaLchick

I went to an amusement park with my sisters a couple months ago and I couldn't fit on 2 of the rides because my butt wouldn't fit into the seat. It was extremely embarrassing.

20yearsyounger

You can't target, but you don't need to avoid the exercises sumiblue recommended. If you were trying to get something you didn't have before at a smaller weight, that is a different story. Based on your pic, I think you will be ok though and you will fit the rides in the future.

SoCaLchick

Yeah I've ALWAYS had a large butt. Always. But in the past 2 years it has gotten WIDER. So, that's where my frustration is. I even thought, am I sitting to much and squishing it flat?? Lol

I do think that overall fat loss will reduce the size. It's funny though, the sides of my bottom don't feel soft like fat, it feels hard like muscle. Odd to me.

SoCaLchick

thorsmom01 wrote: »

You can not spot reduce.
Genetics play a big role in some our *assets*
All you can do is reduce your body fat and see how it goes !

Thank you for the advice. Yes, I would agree genetics play a part.. it definitely runs in the family, though mine seems to win the award for largest. Lol

20yearsyounger

Some people store more fat in their stomach, some people store more fat in their thighs and hips. Looks like you gain in your thighs and hips since your stomach looks small from this view. Just focus on not losing focus

SoCaLchick

Thank you, I will definitely stay focused on overall weight loss.

amusedmonkey

You basically want to lose some fat. Whether or not you do any kind of exercise, including squats and whatnot, has no bearing on the width of your butt. When you are dieting you are very unlikely to gain significant muscle size because you aren't eating enough to fuel the process, and even if you did a bulk and focused on your butt muscles (tried to deliberately gain weight to help gain muscle) you are more likely to change the way your butt supports itself than increase its width so it may become higher/more pronounced in the back rather than wider at the hips. Basically, do whatever exercises you wish to do and eat fewer calories than needed to maintain your weight and you will lose some inches all over, including butt.

arditarose

Yep. You got it-overall fat loss. I had 44 inch hips (I'm 5'4" and had a 29 inch waist). My body looked like that of two different people. I got my hips down to 37 inches at their smallest. I did not skip on the squats and glute exercises. They helped me retain some muscle, but there was so much fat to lose that maintaining muscle just helped it look a bit better once it was smaller.

The fun part--now I'm building it BACK, hopefully with muscle lol.

SoCaLchick

Thank you for the advice @amusedmonkey.

I think that's the general idea of what I'm hearing in this post. I will have to simply continue to focus on weight loss.

SoCaLchick

@arditarose I feel the exact same way with my bottom now! I feel like my upper half and lower half could be two separate people lol. I even had a lady come up to me once and grab me by my waist and say "below this is negative energy". I was annoyed and kind of weirded out lol. But it's true, it looks like 2 totally different bodies.

Thank you for the advice. I will not skip the squats

ksvrdh

SoCaLchick wrote: »

This is what my butt looks like. I'd really like to not lose the outward shape (if that makes any sense), just the width. I just don't think I can target it like that, as many of you have already mentioned

ksvrdh

The teens call that 'thick as hell' so you are actually in style! You will probably always have that shape no matter what size you are. Trim it up though. My SIL had surgery and even that couldn't change it very much. Just trim yourself up and build your confidence to embrace that booty. Running may also help

AngryGangrel

SoCaLchick wrote: »

Sumiblue wrote: »

Got to lose fat (through deficit) to lose excess booty. I speak from experience. Exercises that can build & shape the glute muscles are the ones mentioned above: squats, lunges, glute bridges, hip thrusters. Check out Strong Curves. I am pear shaped and I've lost some fat & lift weights and I've def lost inches in my hips/Glutes.

Thanks for the advice! So do you think I should avoid doing those particular exercises? I'm just not wanting my butt to stay the same or get bigger. A friend told me to avoid those exercises and only do cardio and weights.

Your friend may have absorbed the (sadly common) exercise myth that squats and lunges make a big butt look bigger. This is malarkey. Squats and lunges are some of your best friends. For one thing, by building and strengthening those large lower body muscles, you're going to make your body a better all-over fat burning machine. Stumptuous has a series on squats and how to do them right, starting here:

https://www.stumptuous.com/learning-the-squat-1-debunking-the-myths

callsitlikeiseeit

you can not spot reduce. im positive others have said this.

calorie deficit. cardio. strength training. but the weight will come off where it wants to come off, regardless of where YOU want it to come off. Also, your shape will always be your shape.

i will always be a pear. no matter whether i weigh 130 or 230. its just a smaller version of the same shape

an... guys like hips and *kitten* so im good with that

arditarose

SoCaLchick wrote: »

@arditarose I feel the exact same way with my bottom now! I feel like my upper half and lower half could be two separate people lol. I even had a lady come up to me once and grab me by my waist and say "below this is negative energy". I was annoyed and kind of weirded out lol. But it's true, it looks like 2 totally different bodies.

Thank you for the advice. I will not skip the squats

People are crazy. Nothing negative about a bit booty. I love them.

Pauly187

I am not seeing a problem...you look perfect...but charge on and good luck with your goal!

CassidyScaglione

Targeting areas for weight loss is a myth. I personally will lose weight from my torso and upper body long before i start to notice a change in my thighs or upper arms, but that is not something I can control. You CAN to exercises that will work your gluts ( exercise your butt muscles) which might give it more tone/shape but you will just have to be patient on the weight loss, it will come off when it comes off. In the meantime, since i have this problem as well, wrangler jeans have several styles that are designed for ladies who are a bit larger in that area, but still have smaller waists and thighs, they are very flattering.

rileyes

Standing instead of sitting for general health. Weightlifting for general health. All the butt work for a generally nice healthy booty as the weight comes off.

SoCaLchick

Thank you all for your comments and advice. I will continue to focus on overall weight loss and more than likely I will lose a little bit of weight from my bottom area as I lose weight overall.

Josh_lol

Being able to target fat is a myth. The only way to reduce fat in a certain area of your body is to lose fat everywhere.

Blackdawn_70631

Weight loss is what you have to do. Butt exercises will build up muscle under your fat and give you a bigger butt actually.
An intense cardio burn with a very good deficit will give you results.
This I know by experience because I had a big butt. I was doing squats to keep my massive 47 inches which was working. But then I had to stop my squats cause my knees, still lost a bit more weight and my butt went to 43 inches. Which I personally hate.
So I switched up to doing bridges, eating more and gained 1\2 an inch in my hips without gaining in my 31" waist or gained any weight.
And then me, I don't feel embarrassed about my big @$$. I always retort back and say. "Do I look like a little girl?"

SoCaLchick

Blackdawn_70631 wrote: »

Weight loss is what you have to do. Butt exercises will build up muscle under your fat and give you a bigger butt actually.
An intense cardio burn with a very good deficit will give you results.
This I know by experience because I had a big butt. I was doing squats to keep my massive 47 inches which was working. But then I had to stop my squats cause my knees, still lost a bit more weight and my butt went to 43 inches. Which I personally hate.
So I switched up to doing bridges, eating more and gained 1\2 an inch in my hips without gaining in my 31" waist or gained any weight.
And then me, I don't feel embarrassed about my big @$$. I always retort back and say. "Do I look like a little girl?"

Your "massive 47 inches" I'm sure looked much smaller compared to my massive 53". I am not ashamed or unhappy to have a curvy body though. I enjoy having curves, I just personally was mortified when I realized my butt was too big for a roller coaster. So that made me think.. This butt of mine is a bit out of control. Hence, the question if I could target this particular area.

But as it seems, I can continue to work on general weight loss and hope that some inches will come off of my bootie as well

lisalsd1

Most of these threads are about how to make people's butts bigger. This is new for me.

I have always had a "big butt." Weight loss will help; although with losing weight, you will most likely be the same shape. This happened to me when I lost weight through cardio. If you want to help change the shape of your butt, you need to incorporate squats, lunges, deadlifts, hip thrusts; preferably, weighted.