I want my legs & butt to get bigger

Girl_Bomb
Girl_Bomb Posts: 195
in Fitness and Exercise
Any suggestions? Specific please
The squats & lunges are working their magic but I need more!

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  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    You: I am doing what I should to achieve the goal I want. What should I be doing?

    Us: Continue.

    Answer: Time.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    Any suggestions? Specific please
    The squats & lunges are working their magic but I need more!

    squats and lunges + weight + calorie surplus
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    Heavier weights and make sure you intake enough protein.
  • htimpaired
    htimpaired Posts: 1,404 Member
    Dead lifts are great butt exercises.

    Mix up the squats-curtsy squats, plie squats, get all sides of that leg and glute.

    And step-ups on a high bench are great too.


    If all that fails, I volunteer to give you some of mine. :-P
  • JenKillough
    JenKillough Posts: 474 Member
    Yes to the deadlifts, squats, lunges... but I'm also going to speak up for barbell glute bridges! Google them :)
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Any suggestions? Specific please
    The squats & lunges are working their magic but I need more!

    Squats and lunges with weights?

    If you want them to get measurably bigger you need to gain muscle. For the most part, in order to do that, you need to lift heavy weights and eat a a calorie SURPLUS.
  • Farburnfred
    Farburnfred Posts: 333 Member
    http://www.myomytv.com/the-glute-journey-glute-bridge-to-hip-thrust/

    This girl has awesome glutes. I want to progress in my training to where she is and she tells you how to do it too
  • JenKillough
    JenKillough Posts: 474 Member
    eat a a calorie SURPLUS.

    Listen to this. Most aren't going to bother mentioning this little piece of the puzzle.
  • ladyace2078
    ladyace2078 Posts: 460 Member
    Butt Bible is a great workout. Also you have to eat enough food to build the muscle. At least eat at a maintenance.
  • sofielein
    sofielein Posts: 539 Member
    Strange. I want them to be smaller.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    Squats, deadlifts, lunges...with weight!! Also, to gain muscle, a calorie surplus!

    I'm doing this myself, I want bigger legs + butt too :D
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    Interesting... I want my boobs and *kitten* to stop sagging! lol

    Squats and lunges are supposed to work for the legs and *kitten*, but so far, I can't bounce a quarter off my firm buttocks, so I guess I need to keep pushing! lol
  • NocturnalGirl
    NocturnalGirl Posts: 1,762
    eat a a calorie SURPLUS.

    Listen to this. Most aren't going to bother mentioning this little piece of the puzzle.

    Yup, this.
  • Girl_Bomb
    Girl_Bomb Posts: 195
    When I gain weight it's in my stomach and back, never in my legs & butt
    Already do weighted squats and lunges

    There's a picture in my profile of my legs so far, I was just looking for some more ideas :)
  • Girl_Bomb
    Girl_Bomb Posts: 195
    Also I was eating at 2000 cals for about 5 months, all that happened was a weight gain in my upper body
    Muscle gain obviously as well
  • BritneysStuntDouble
    BritneysStuntDouble Posts: 849 Member
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  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    Any suggestions? Specific please
    The squats & lunges are working their magic but I need more!

    The routine I do consists of weight lifting first and cardio second, but I still do cardio (mainly running). I change up everything all the time. My running is sometimes long easy runs, sometimes HIIT, sometimes shorter medium pace runs. My weight routine changes each day, each week, Circuits, Intermittent Super Sets, Fibonacci Pyramids, X-sets, Progress Venus Pyramids, and some splits, constantly changing it up, everything a variety of Strength, Hypertrophy, and Endurance.

    Legs; In addition to Deadlift's, Stiff Leg Dead Lifts, Sumo Dead Lifts and Squats I do Bulgarian Split Squats, Lunges, Reverse lunges, Curtsey lunges, Step Ups, Crossover Bench Step Ups, One legged Deadlifts (T-Bend), Lunge Matrix, Bowler Squat, One Legged Get Ups, Bower Squat and Calf Raise, Bowler Squat + Stiff Leg Deadlift, Curtsey Lunge + Dumbbell Squat, T-Bend + Y-Squat, Reverse Lunge & Step Up, Curtsey Lunge + Step Up, Y-squat, Narrow Stance Squat

    It worked for me! :)
  • tinak33
    tinak33 Posts: 9,883 Member
    Any suggestions? Specific please
    The squats & lunges are working their magic but I need more!

    Double Bacon Cheeseburgers..... with extra fries and a milkshake.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    When I gain weight it's in my stomach and back, never in my legs & butt
    Already do weighted squats and lunges

    There's a picture in my profile of my legs so far, I was just looking for some more ideas :)

    "Bulking" is different than just gaining weight. You'll hopefully be gaining mostly muscle and just a little bit of fat. The fat yes, still might go to your stomach but the muscle will go wherever you lift heavily (so hopefully everywhere).

    And I think your legs look freaking awesome as they are.
  • Ivian_
    Ivian_ Posts: 276 Member
    BUMP!
  • Shaybug
    Shaybug Posts: 80 Member
    Dead lifts are great butt exercises.

    Mix up the squats-curtsy squats, plie squats, get all sides of that leg and glute.

    And step-ups on a high bench are great too.


    If all that fails, I volunteer to give you some of mine. :-P

    Love deadlifts. Cable pull-throughs, sumo, plie and goblet squats, hip thrusts with weight on a Swiss ball, weighted lunges and step-ups etc....keep increasing the weights as you get stronger.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    it's pretty easy. eat more calories than you need, lift heavy weights and give it time.
    since you'll be eating over your TDEE you'll also be gaining fat as well, so you might have to got into a bit of a cut cycle after you get your thighs and butt the size you want.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Also, I just added these to my lifting routines.

    hip-thrust1.jpg

    Really target the butt.

    Squats, lunges, deadlifts, and barbell hip thrusts are what I do.

    How heavy of weights are you using?
  • MIM49
    MIM49 Posts: 255 Member
    I'll give you mine. (LOL--sorry, I couldn't resist)
  • ALH1981
    ALH1981 Posts: 538 Member
    So if i want the opposite, i should stop doing all of these things?!!!!!!!!
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    So if i want the opposite, i should stop doing all of these things?!!!!!!!!

    No, but squats, lunges etc will not help you lose the fat from your butt/legs, they just help build or maintain the muscle there.

    If you want to lose fat you have to stay a calorie deficit, and have patience. You can't spot reduce fat. It will come off where it comes off. You do squats, lunges etc as well as this so that you maintain the muscle there (you won't gain much if any in a calorie deficit) and your butt is less likely to be saggy, you're legs less likely to be flabby when you do lose the size from there.

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