SCARED OF SQUATS!

lisaelainee

Okay I admit I am scared of squats,
I want my bum to look amazing but I'm scared it will go massive.
How long will it take to get a great bum?
And how often/how many squats should I do to get it?

Links of pictures I want my bum to look like:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2p0mxd2Cx1rrqnj7o1_500.jpg

I want to get over being scared of squats!

only one link now

IronSmasher

How do you get off the toilet?

Calantorntain

Are you taking steriods? Do you hae a hormone inbalance that produces a ton of extra testosterone? Your bum won't get massive.

Grab a heavy bar. Start squatting. Grab a heavy kettlebell. Start doing kettlebell swings. BAM. Awesome *kitten*.

hmadrone

Do not be scared of squats. Squats, lunges, and deadlifts will tone your butt and make it look cute and perky. Not only that, they are totally MACHA! You will feel like a strong grounded woman when you do those squats.

Do get someone to help you learn to do them properly, however. You need to have your weight back when squatting and you need to be taking the load with your muscles, not your knees.

Start doing squats with no weight until you feel you can do them properly. Then add as much weight as you need to exhaust your muscles (with perfect form) in 8-12 slow repetitions.

I used to always do 2 or 3 sets, but I've found that my results are just as good with one perfect set as they are with more. The key is to work those muscles to exhaustion.

Do them 3x a week, with at least a day between sessions.

You will start to feel results within a week. Depending on how much fat you are carrying on your tush, you will see results pretty fast, too. Those are big muscles and they tone up quickly.

MoreBean13

HAVE NO FEAR!

Squats are awesome. Go as heavy as you can with proper form, 1-2x per week. You can also add deadlifts, lunges and hill sprints for extra bootytasticness. Start with a barbell, learn proper form, and keep adding weight every time. I prefer beginners start with Stronglifts 5x5 method- 5 sets of 5 reps. It will take time. Booties aren't made overnight.

It's HIGHLY unlikely that your butt will get too big, especially if you're on a deficit and a natural woman. We simply don't have the testosterone required to hulk up without steroids. But, if your butt miraculously starts getting bigger than you like, it's a SLOW process to gain muscle, so simply back off your training- problem solved. Muscles don't stay trained for very long once you stop.

That being said, when you first start training you might *think* it's getting bigger, but what it really is is intramuscular fluid causing swelling. It's temporary and will deflate with time. Don't quit your training within the first few months because you think it's bigger- it's not, it's just swollen. And as a side note, the swelling feels exactly like the muscle getting bigger- it's not like the puffiness you get from too much sodium. It's very confusing because it will seem like you grew muscle- you didn't.

(sidenote- I don't know what the rule is on links to pics that aren't posted, but that first one is a bit sketchy. visible labia. you may want to edit out that link)

Shock_Wave

How do you get off the toilet?

lmao :laugh:

ihateroses

DUDE.....NSFW.....


Almost second hand mooned my co-teachers.

ihateroses

(sidenote- I don't know what the rule is on links to pics that aren't posted, but that first one is a bit sketchy. visible labia. you may want to edit out that link)

Wish I read through this comment

p.s. Squat, you'll be fine, trust.

LilacSnow

they seem really simple, but i can't figure out how to do them properly. and yes, i've watched you tube instructional vids! they say not to let your knees go over your toes, but they also say to go as low as you can.... if i go low, my knees go over my toes, so i don't know what they're talking about.

nostripewhite

If you can, try to get someone you know to show you. Even then they take a lot of getting used to.

And as others have said, don't worry about hulking up. Lot's of guys lift as heavy as possible, and most of us have trouble accidentally hulking up as it is

sarahrbraun

they seem really simple, but i can't figure out how to do them properly. and yes, i've watched you tube instructional vids! they say not to let your knees go over your toes, but they also say to go as low as you can.... if i go low, my knees go over my toes, so i don't know what they're talking about.

ask someone who KNOWS good form to watch you. I was really worried about form, so periodically I have a trainer at the gym watch my form. He always tells me I look good.

IronSmasher

they seem really simple, but i can't figure out how to do them properly. and yes, i've watched you tube instructional vids! they say not to let your knees go over your toes, but they also say to go as low as you can.... if i go low, my knees go over my toes, so i don't know what they're talking about.

ask someone who KNOWS good form to watch you. I was really worried about form, so periodically I have a trainer at the gym watch my form. He always tells me I look good.

Always?

Capt_Apollo

that picture that you linked us to... i bet that girl squats deep and heavy. squats at least her body weight for at least 5 reps.

other things help, like hill runs, and the stair climber, and lunges.

Stefanny91

they seem really simple, but i can't figure out how to do them properly. and yes, i've watched you tube instructional vids! they say not to let your knees go over your toes, but they also say to go as low as you can.... if i go low, my knees go over my toes, so i don't know what they're talking about.

Stick your bum out ... this is what helps me. I always get confused but if I remember to stick my bum out they seem to work!

dinosnopro

they seem really simple, but i can't figure out how to do them properly. and yes, i've watched you tube instructional vids! they say not to let your knees go over your toes, but they also say to go as low as you can.... if i go low, my knees go over my toes, so i don't know what they're talking about.

amy1612

How long will it take to get a great bum?

How long is a piece of string? Just get squatting.

Pepper2185

Do the squats. Squats = nice bum! Get someone to show you how, and use higher weight if you can.

Contrary to what a lot of people think, your butt is going to get tighter and smaller over time, it won't "Hulk out".

Might as well start tomorrow so you can get on the path to a fabulous booty

supplemama

If you don't have a massive behind to begin with, squats won't make your behind massive. If you have a flat behind naturally, squats won't make your behind round. They will help lift your butt muscles though, and 'tone' them. They make your behind 'pop'.

LOL a few flat-behind girls at my gym have asked me if I did the Brazilian Butt Lift and were so disappointed to learn that Nope, mine's nature. But I'm also old, and just a month of squatting (I started in December) has helped lift the 'drag' that was happening to my 40-year-old behind. So I say go for it!

JesterMFP

1. You're not going to put on any significant amount of muscle mass (which you would need for it to get "massive") unless you are eating a surplus of calories. From your ticker it looks like you're trying to lose weight, so you're probably eating at a calorie deficit. Unless you intentionally "bulk", by eating more calories than you burn over a long period of time, it's not going to happen.

2. Even if you were gaining muscle mass, you're not going to go to bed one night with the bum you want and wake up the next morning with it suddenly "massive". To get it bigger and bigger, you would need to be increasing the amount of weight you're squatting with. That's not going to happen by accident.

3. If you can, squat with weights, it will have more of an effect.

ladytinkerbell99

Bump. This is the best information on the forum. Thank you. :flowerforyou:

__RANDY__

good luck, please update me with your progress.

PetulantOne

HAVE NO FEAR!

Squats are awesome. Go as heavy as you can with proper form, 1-2x per week. You can also add deadlifts, lunges and hill sprints for extra bootytasticness. Start with a barbell, learn proper form, and keep adding weight every time. I prefer beginners start with Stronglifts 5x5 method- 5 sets of 5 reps. It will take time. Booties aren't made overnight.

It's HIGHLY unlikely that your butt will get too big, especially if you're on a deficit and a natural woman. We simply don't have the testosterone required to hulk up without steroids. But, if your butt miraculously starts getting bigger than you like, it's a SLOW process to gain muscle, so simply back off your training- problem solved. Muscles don't stay trained for very long once you stop.

That being said, when you first start training you might *think* it's getting bigger, but what it really is is intramuscular fluid causing swelling. It's temporary and will deflate with time. Don't quit your training within the first few months because you think it's bigger- it's not, it's just swollen. And as a side note, the swelling feels exactly like the muscle getting bigger- it's not like the puffiness you get from too much sodium. It's very confusing because it will seem like you grew muscle- you didn't.

(sidenote- I don't know what the rule is on links to pics that aren't posted, but that first one is a bit sketchy. visible labia. you may want to edit out that link)

QFT

CoderGal

myth: lifting makes you bulk up

fact: lifting on a calorie surplus will eventually make you build muscle mass or "bulk" up over a very long period of time if you are a woman and you work at it...even then....its not like we can put on a pound of muscle a week....I think you'd notice before hand and it's easily reversible.

fact: you can get strength and use more muscle fibers, but it is near impossible to put on muscle mass mass on a calorie deficit. If you are on one, you have nothing to worry about but get slimmer and lose your muffin top.

I went from like 0 squats to 90 (holy shiz, 90, I just realized that, no wonder I feel it) every few days plus lunges and (pathetically light) weights (because I'm weak...I'm working on it). I've been at a calorie surplus so I've been 'bulking'. Mostly I've been just taking advantage to Christmas and I put on a fair amount of fat. But this is after months of getting 'bulky'/inhaling Christmas. Roar, I'm a monster.

amanda_gent

I used to be scared of squats, too, but not because I thought my butt would get big. I was afraid of making an **kitten** of myself doing them! Ha ha

THEN: I was the Most Awkward First Time Squatter Ever - the trainer who helped me figure it out tried not to laugh at me (she was a woman, fortunately, so it was slightly less awkward).

NOW: I am good at it, and love doing squats, because of the power I feel flowing through my body, plus because of the way it makes my booty perfect, perky and rounded. Not baboon-like. I'm 47 years old, so I'm like, prehistoric, and I've got a better butt than most 30 year olds! Imagine what it could do for you - you could end up looking exactly like that link you posted!

Embrace the squat, young'un!

LilacSnow

they seem really simple, but i can't figure out how to do them properly. and yes, i've watched you tube instructional vids! they say not to let your knees go over your toes, but they also say to go as low as you can.... if i go low, my knees go over my toes, so i don't know what they're talking about.

the knees are over the toes in all three of those positions though.

HotMummyMission

Don't be I love them xxxxxx

Sarauk2sf

1. You're not going to put on any significant amount of muscle mass (which you would need for it to get "massive") unless you are eating a surplus of calories. From your ticker it looks like you're trying to lose weight, so you're probably eating at a calorie deficit. Unless you intentionally "bulk", by eating more calories than you burn over a long period of time, it's not going to happen.

2. Even if you were gaining muscle mass, you're not going to go to bed one night with the bum you want and wake up the next morning with it suddenly "massive". To get it bigger and bigger, you would need to be increasing the amount of weight you're squatting with. That's not going to happen by accident.

3. If you can, squat with weights, it will have more of an effect.

^^yep

sarahrbraun

they seem really simple, but i can't figure out how to do them properly. and yes, i've watched you tube instructional vids! they say not to let your knees go over your toes, but they also say to go as low as you can.... if i go low, my knees go over my toes, so i don't know what they're talking about.

ask someone who KNOWS good form to watch you. I was really worried about form, so periodically I have a trainer at the gym watch my form. He always tells me I look good.

Always?

pretty much, yeah. About the only time Justin corrects me is when I am learning something new...

Dexy_

they seem really simple, but i can't figure out how to do them properly. and yes, i've watched you tube instructional vids! they say not to let your knees go over your toes, but they also say to go as low as you can.... if i go low, my knees go over my toes, so i don't know what they're talking about.

I have always been told to NEVER put your knees past your toes unless you're EXTREMELY deep into the squat?

Capt_Apollo

they seem really simple, but i can't figure out how to do them properly. and yes, i've watched you tube instructional vids! they say not to let your knees go over your toes, but they also say to go as low as you can.... if i go low, my knees go over my toes, so i don't know what they're talking about.

I have always been told to NEVER put your knees past your toes unless you're EXTREMELY deep into the squat?

*kitten* to grass. only way to do a squat.

half squats get half results.

sarahrbraun

they seem really simple, but i can't figure out how to do them properly. and yes, i've watched you tube instructional vids! they say not to let your knees go over your toes, but they also say to go as low as you can.... if i go low, my knees go over my toes, so i don't know what they're talking about.

ask someone who KNOWS good form to watch you. I was really worried about form, so periodically I have a trainer at the gym watch my form. He always tells me I look good.

Always?

pretty much, yeah. About the only time Justin corrects me is when I am learning something new...

I have made it VERY clear to the trainer and the fitness monitor that if they see me doing something with bad form, I WANT them to come over and correct me.