Legs, thighs, and booty on the side.

MissElana
MissElana Posts: 4 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hello fellow MyFitnessPal users!
I have recently been looking for new and improved ways to work out my legs thighs and booty! My question to you all is, what are some good supersets/ any sets of exercises that particularly target these areas? I would love to hear from you!
Thanks,
Elana :wink:

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    You can't spot reduce
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    A progressive weight-lifting program that emphasizes squats, like Stronglifts 5X5.
  • CincyNeid
    CincyNeid Posts: 1,249 Member
    Losing body fat is genetics, your mom and dad are to blame. You can spot tone muscles. Squats, stairs, cycling, lunges are all good workouts for belt like down areas.
  • guinevere96
    guinevere96 Posts: 1,445 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    You can't spot reduce

    Very true, but that doesn't mean you cant spot tone to build muscle.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    guinevere96 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    You can't spot reduce

    Very true, but that doesn't mean you cant spot tone to build muscle.

    What is 'spot toning'?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Right now I prefer:

    Day 1 - squats, barbell hack squat/leg curl superset, leg extension/barbell glute bridge superset, lying hip abductions

    Day 2 - barbell hip thrust, RDLs, front squats, good morning/lateral band walk superset
  • chocolate_owl
    chocolate_owl Posts: 1,695 Member
    Check out Strong Curves. It's a structured lifting program that's predominantly lower body.
  • capaul42
    capaul42 Posts: 1,390 Member
    mskessler89 wrote: »
    Check out Strong Curves. It's a structured lifting program that's predominantly lower body.

    This
  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    guinevere96 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    You can't spot reduce

    Very true, but that doesn't mean you cant spot tone to build muscle.

    What is 'spot toning'?

    i am pretty sure this means when you isolate and work on specific muscles.
  • MissElana
    MissElana Posts: 4 Member
    edited August 2016
    Good evening all!
    Thank you ALL! This is quite the learning curve. I will be trying the newer workouts throughout the week. Not sure how I feel about "spot training". I wonder why some of you believe that people are limited by their genetics... Id love to hear more on the topic, as well as about spot training. Please keep sending different workout variations on leg, booty, and thighs because I have tried a lot of the ones listed and enjoy the variety... Id love to hear about anything that will build strength and endurance. If any of you have advice relating to food and how IT might effect these lower body parts being discussed in productive/counter-productive ways, id love to hear about that too.
    Thanks,
    Elana
  • shesthetype
    shesthetype Posts: 45 Member
    Check out Fitness Blender videos on YouTube - Kelly does LOTS of excellent videos that target those areas. It is definitely a hard area to tone though. I was actually very underweight several years ago and even though I was mega tiny, I still had cellulite and lumpy outer thighs/hips. I think a lot of it relates to genetics, ie, if the women in your family have large hips then you may not be able to change that. Best of luck :)
  • KiyaK
    KiyaK Posts: 519 Member
    Another suggestion for Strong Curves. Hip thrusts & glute bridges.
  • fitgamercatlady
    fitgamercatlady Posts: 63 Member
    edited August 2016
    I highly recommend barbell hip thrusts and straight-legged deadlifts. Also anything for hamstrings, as defined hamstrings help make your butt appear larger. I started with a tiny butt, but now I've got a big one. The picture attached is from about 6 weeks ago and I've added more hamstring workouts since then. I've actually had a lot of co-workers (older females) tell me that I've got a booty! Unfortunately, huge thighs run in my family, which is why I'm currently trying to cut weight to get rid of the 1" of fat sitting on top of my quads. I'm turning 30 this year so the circular shape of my glutes may or may not happen...but I'm going to keep trying for it.
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  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    MissElana wrote: »
    Good evening all!
    Thank you ALL! This is quite the learning curve. I will be trying the newer workouts throughout the week. Not sure how I feel about "spot training". I wonder why some of you believe that people are limited by their genetics... Id love to hear more on the topic, as well as about spot training. Please keep sending different workout variations on leg, booty, and thighs because I have tried a lot of the ones listed and enjoy the variety... Id love to hear about anything that will build strength and endurance. If any of you have advice relating to food and how IT might effect these lower body parts being discussed in productive/counter-productive ways, id love to hear about that too.
    Thanks,
    Elana

    genetics aren't always limiting. They are just what they are. everyone is different shape and size and responds differently to training, sometimes slight results sometimes exaggerated results . We are what we are.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    MissElana wrote: »
    Good evening all!
    Thank you ALL! This is quite the learning curve. I will be trying the newer workouts throughout the week. Not sure how I feel about "spot training". I wonder why some of you believe that people are limited by their genetics...

    We all have basic body shapes that we can optimize but not change.

    My body is fairly straight up and down without much of a defined waist and definitely no outwardly curvy thighs. I will never have the classic hourglass figure. I have increased my hip measurement by a couple of inches but it has all been on my backside (butt) and not on the sides of my hips. That's just how it is. That's what I mean when talking about genetic limitations.

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