Hour glass figure advice

raquelmurray0

Any friends put there with advice for hour glass figure exercises?

LivingtheLeanDream

We can't change our shape or spot reduce as that's down to genetics.

When I was overweight I had an hour glass shape, now I'm at a healthy weight I'm still that shape.

trshfnly

You can't really change your body shape, but you can fake it a bit with muscle. For instance, I do exercises like assisted pull ups to build my shoulders. It visually balances my butt and makes me look less pear shaped and more hourglass shaped. If you need more help on your bottom half, you can do exercises like squats to build your glutes. Unfortunately there's no exercises to make your boobs bigger, but we have surgery for that.

Sunshine_And_Sand

Use a calorie deficit for weight loss. Exercise has lots of benefits, but unfortunately you can't spot reduce. Otherwise, enjoy the hour glass figure; lots of people want that.

rainbow198

The exercises and workouts I do because I enjoy it. It has nothing to do with my shape.

My hourglass figure has more to do with my genetics and where I carry and don't carry fat.

Even when I was overweight/obese I had a smaller waist compared to the rest of my body.

Lifting weights did lean me out and tighten my body up as a whole and kept my chest from sagging after my big weight loss.

hesn92

having an hourglass shape more so comes from your genetics

sardelsa

What are your goals, to keep an hourglass or obtain one?

As mentioned it will be mostly genetics, in terms of bone structure and how you carry your weight. However lifting weights can help while you lose (to retain muscle) or building muscle in the lats, shoulders, glutes and quads to give more an illusion of an hourglass.

VUA21

You can't spot reduce, the figure our genetics dictates is what we get. Now, we can everywhere-reduce, then build muscle in shoulders and glutes to give a more hourglass figure image. But that's mild as muscle takes a lot more dedicated to build than overall fat is to lose, and there's only so much adding muscle in areas will change the appearance of your figure.

pinuplove

Bone structure and genetic body fat distribution do more to dictate your shape than exercises. As stated above, you can focus on certain areas to gain more of the appearance of a certain shape, but only to an extent. Goals are good if reasonable and achievable, but so is accepting the shape you naturally have and working to highlight your strong points.

DomesticKat

In agreement that it really comes down to genetics. I carried the vast majority of my weight in my lower half. When I lost the weight, I came to the shocking realization that I'm not hourglass or pear shaped at all, but an inverted triangle. There is only a 6 inch difference between my hips and waist. I have small hips, who knew? I have maintained my glutes via strength training as I lost weight, but since I can't surgically expand my hip bones, I will likely never be able to naturally put on enough muscle to make them as wide as my shoulders, and that's fine with me because being a healthy weight is my #1 priority.

webbsark

Accentuate and flaunt your curves.

apullum

Be born with wide hips and ribcage, as well as genetics that cause you to carry fat in particular areas.

You can target development of particular muscles, but there are no exercises that spot reduce fat, change your bone structure, or change where the body stores fat.

ritzvin

raquelmurray0 wrote: »

Any friends put there with advice for hour glass figure exercises?

a lot of that is genetics...even at my fattest, I still had an hourglass figure (when viewed from the front anyway). Much of it comes down to bone structure when the excess weight is lost, and building up muscle in various other areas will only go so far.

Safari_Gal

raquelmurray0 wrote: »

Any friends put there with advice for hour glass figure exercises?

Hi @raquelmurray0
There are more than a few ladies at my gym working towards this goal. What body shape are you starting with?

Check out these links:
https://www.shape.com/fitness/workouts/5-moves-hourglass-figure

https://www.muscleandfitness.com/muscle-fitness-hers/hers-workouts/7-exercises-sculpt-hourglass-figure

Best,
M

mgalsf12

Embrace your natural beautiful womanly curves!