Squats! Weight vs no weight
ashliejones13
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So I'm not trying to body build or anything like that. Just want to lift and round my butt a tiny bit. I've been reading a lot of info online, but can't seem to get a great answer on if I should use a bar at the gym or if simply squatting my weight at home is enough. Any experiences or advice? Thanks 
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You want a weighted bar for best results. I back squat my body weight +some and it is amazing what is happening to my shape!0
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Work on form, use the bar, work on form with the bar, then progressively add weight to the bar. Keep squatting, get round booty.
Read:
Starting Strength
www.niashanks.com
New Rules of Lifting for Women0 -
Squatting with no weight at home is better than not squatting at all, if you don't have access to a gym. However, lifting heavy will get you much better results, for your entire lower body and abdominal region.
I'm just back in the gym after 6 years off, but my butt is still a better shape than it was before I started lifting heavy 8 years ago. (Although bigger.
) It used to sort of look like the end of a loaf of bread, which is not attractive at any weight. 0 -
I don't have weights / can't afford a set or gym membership as of yet... so I use a resistance band with handles. Works alright. You could try that to start with?0
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Try alternating with both. Basically you will burn more calories and develop more muscle with the resistance.
Well done for exercising0 -
This is why I don't go to school. I'm afraid I'll accidently become a doctor if I study....So I'm not trying to body build or anything like that. Just want to lift and round my butt a tiny bit.0 -
Something is better than nothing
Keep working at it OP
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Than you for your answers everyone! Except for the person who just couldn't help but be sarcastic! Go be negative somewhere else, this is a place for helping eachother.0
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it's to show the uselessness of your statement. being a bodybuilder isn't by accident. you have to work for it. So why do you think doing squats means you're a bodybuilder?Than you for your answers everyone! Except for the person who just couldn't help but be sarcastic! Go be negative somewhere else, this is a place for helping eachother.
Did you know all babies squat when trying to pick stuff off the floor. Are they all bodybuilders too?
EMT's have to squat to pick up their gournies, and they can be hundreds of lbs of weight. Are they body builders too?
I can go on, but you get the idea.
the idea behind lifting is to challenge yourself. the only way to continually do that is to add resistance. weights is one way of doing it. so by all means, add weight.
if you don't want to bodybuild, then don't eat 5k+ calories a day and take steroids. And you should be fine.0 -
I don't have weights / can't afford a set or gym membership as of yet... so I use a resistance band with handles. Works alright. You could try that to start with?
Beezil, sorry, had to creep on your photos and damn, you look awesome! Well done!0 -
it's to show the uselessness of your statement. being a bodybuilder isn't by accident. you have to work for it. So why do you think doing squats means you're a bodybuilder?Than you for your answers everyone! Except for the person who just couldn't help but be sarcastic! Go be negative somewhere else, this is a place for helping eachother.
Did you know all babies squat when trying to pick stuff off the floor. Are they all bodybuilders too?
EMT's have to squat to pick up their gournies, and they can be hundreds of lbs of weight. Are they body builders too?
I can go on, but you get the idea.
the idea behind lifting is to challenge yourself. the only way to continually do that is to add resistance. weights is one way of doing it. so by all means, add weight.
if you don't want to bodybuild, then don't eat 5k+ calories a day and take steroids. And you should be fine.
dude... stop being negative.
lol, just kidding.
QFT0 -
Too funny!
This is why I don't go to school. I'm afraid I'll accidently become a doctor if I study....So I'm not trying to body build or anything like that. Just want to lift and round my butt a tiny bit.0 -
Yes, squats. With lots of weights.
Also deadlifts. With lots of weights.
If your body miraculously turns into a body builder"s body after that, shoot me a PM and let me know exactly what you did, okay?0 -
Don't only squat.... Lunge too.0
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voting for jump squats. always challenging. no equipment required.0
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I do dead-lifts up to 110lbs. I'm not a bodybuilder....
I think doing squats at home is a great idea, but eventually your body will get used to squatting with your own body weight; so at one point, it will become too easy and kinda pointless. To counter this you have to add weight and/or resistance. So if you're squatting at home, maybe (if you can) buy some medicine balls or a mini set of weights and start squatting with them. This is what I do at the gym.
And for a nice round butt, there's so many OTHER exercises you could do that are effective, you do not have to limit yourself to squats. Be careful and I speak from experience - if you don't squat with proper form, you'll wreck your knees real bad and it's painful.
Good luck!
Emmalee
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Low Bar Back Squats ftw.0
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You will get more results with some weights. You're not going to end up looking like a body builder by adding 10-15lbs. the extra weight will help you develop your balance and make you stronger. Body builders spend hours a day in the gym and add a lot of supplements in their diet.
But if you want to tone up your gluteus, add some step ups (like on a park bench), lunges, planks, and supermans (lay on the ground, lift your hands and feet in the air like superman and hold for a couple of seconds, repeat a lot). Im sure there are tons of other exercises too!
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don't lift heavy weights you will get bulky and go into starvation mode.....0
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it's to show the uselessness of your statement. being a bodybuilder isn't by accident. you have to work for it. So why do you think doing squats means you're a bodybuilder?Than you for your answers everyone! Except for the person who just couldn't help but be sarcastic! Go be negative somewhere else, this is a place for helping eachother.
Did you know all babies squat when trying to pick stuff off the floor. Are they all bodybuilders too?
EMT's have to squat to pick up their gournies, and they can be hundreds of lbs of weight. Are they body builders too?
I can go on, but you get the idea.
the idea behind lifting is to challenge yourself. the only way to continually do that is to add resistance. weights is one way of doing it. so by all means, add weight.
if you don't want to bodybuild, then don't eat 5k+ calories a day and take steroids. And you should be fine.
dude... stop being negative.
lol, just kidding.
QFT
I was thinking the same thing...but thought it was way tooo negative for this thread....bahahahahahahaha0 -
Work on form, use the bar, work on form with the bar, then progressively add weight to the bar. Keep squatting, get round booty.
Read:
Starting Strength
www.niashanks.com
New Rules of Lifting for Women0 -
don't lift heavy weights you will get bulky and go into starvation mode.....
How will she get bulky unless she eats to get bulky? Not going to happen.
Here is a great introduction to weight training, for women:
http://www.stumptuous.com/lies-in-the-gym0 -
don't lift heavy weights you will get bulky and go into starvation mode.....
How will she get bulky unless she eats to get bulky? Not going to happen.
Here is a great introduction to weight training, for women:
http://www.stumptuous.com/lies-in-the-gym
You obviously missed his sarcasm.
OP-Weighted squats for the win, always.0 -
don't lift heavy weights you will get bulky and go into starvation mode.....
How will she get bulky unless she eats to get bulky? Not going to happen.
Here is a great introduction to weight training, for women:
http://www.stumptuous.com/lies-in-the-gym
hmmm you obviously do not understand the age old art of sarcasm ...I suggest you read up on it...0 -
Once again thank you everyone for the help! Honestly this will be the last time I ask for any advice on here. . Not sure why people feel the need to sit on my fitness pal all day and read threads just be rude lol ill just ask the personal trainers at my gym next time to avoid arrogant losers! Sorry my life isn't lifting bro, haha.0
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I'm sorry truth offends you. peace0
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I do various types of squats -- with a bar with as much weight as my knees can take, with body weight, body weight holding a 25 pound plate, slams with a medicine ball... I don't feel the body weight squats much anymore, but when I added the 25 pound weight, I felt those the next day. Dead lifts are awesome for the butt, too. Form is obviously crucial in everything you do.0
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I started with bodyweight squats and bodyweight split squats, working now with one legged squats and pistol squats. No need to use weights if you don't want to. Plenty of ways to keep the intensity up with bodyweight alone.0
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Do both.
When I squat at the gym I use weights. If I'm doing some squats at home I use my body weight and I'm pretty sore the next day.
ETA: And sorry for the asshats and their snarky responses. Everyone is an expert on here and they like to argue for the sake of arguing. If you're not squatting you shouldn't workout. If your gym doesn't have a squat rack you need to to go another gym. If you do cardio you're an idiot. Seriously. These are the responses you'll get no matter what.0 -
I also started back and front squatting (with weights) and I can't believe the round and firmness I can see...0
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