SQUATS?

steppphhhhanie
steppphhhhanie Posts: 9
in Fitness and Exercise
I have been doing 20 squats a day, do you know how long it would take for my butt to look nicer? Lol. Should I try doing 50 a day to speed up my nice booooty?
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  • PaleoChocolateBear
    PaleoChocolateBear Posts: 2,844 Member
    When 20 squats become too easy, do more squats. You should be increasing your workout so right now 20 might not be enough of a workout.
  • KatLifter
    KatLifter Posts: 1,314 Member
    Instead of doing more reps, squat with weight. That's what will build your booty quickest. I squat ~150 pounds.
  • steppphhhhanie
    steppphhhhanie Posts: 9
    Wow 150, I am so weak I don't even think I can do 20 pounds lol
  • 6spdeg
    6spdeg Posts: 394 Member
    add some lunges!
  • rhiannon737
    rhiannon737 Posts: 32 Member
    Ive started squatting with 45lbs recently and i can tell the difference already- its awesome! your not really going to get that far without weight unless youre doing looooads of reps
  • KatLifter
    KatLifter Posts: 1,314 Member
    Wow 150, I am so weak I don't even think I can do 20 pounds lol

    That's what I started with about 7 months ago :smile:
  • beastmode_kitty
    beastmode_kitty Posts: 844 Member
    Look into doing New Rules of Lifting for Women! That'll help the ol booty ;)
  • KyleB65
    KyleB65 Posts: 1,196 Member
    Run hills! Find a hill with a decent incline. Then run to the top and back down. Repeat! Start small, 2 -3 reps once or twice per week. Add reps and frequency as it becomes easier.

    I have no idea how this will help your booty! But, it will absolutely make you stronger! If you eat clean? I would expect that you will see definition in all of your lower body. Booty, hips, thighs & calves.
  • doonesbury
    doonesbury Posts: 281 Member
    Squats are more for legs, particularly quads.
    Booty results better achieved with weights.
    Try dead lifts and/or Good Mornings with weight behind your neck
  • chunkadoo
    chunkadoo Posts: 41 Member
    Seconding everyone that says you should squat with weights! I'm squatting around bodyweight and I can see more of a lift in my tush!

    Also RDLs and DLs are good booty builders too :)
  • thatonegirlwiththestuff
    thatonegirlwiththestuff Posts: 1,171 Member
    I agree with the weighted squats. You'll see more progress in a shorter amount of time. I squat with a 45 lb barbell across my shoulders twice a week. 4 sets, 8 reps. When it becomes easy, I will increase my weight. Dead lifts and lunges are great too. Can't go wrong with the classics.
  • davideickelmann
    davideickelmann Posts: 87 Member
    Squats are more for legs, particularly quads.
    Booty results better achieved with weights.
    Try dead lifts and/or Good Mornings with weight behind your neck

    If squats aren't hitting your glutes, then you aren't going low enough. Squats will absolutely hit your glutes, and will only give you less impact than a deadlift if you're not going low or are doing a front bar.
  • doonesbury
    doonesbury Posts: 281 Member
    Squats are more for legs, particularly quads.
    Booty results better achieved with weights.
    Try dead lifts and/or Good Mornings with weight behind your neck

    If squats aren't hitting your glutes, then you aren't going low enough. Squats will absolutely hit your glutes, and will only give you less impact than a deadlift if you're not going low or are doing a front bar.

    I said "more for". I did not rule out glutes in a squat. Always the trumping critics here. Thanks for reminding me why I stay away from the forums!
  • davideickelmann
    davideickelmann Posts: 87 Member
    I said "more for". I did not rule out glutes in a squat. Always the trumping critics here.
    ATG Squats are probably the best exercise for your glutes. Your post (perhaps you should reread it) is readily construable as asserting that squats are a quad exercise and not optimal for your glutes.
    Thanks for reminding me why I stay away from the forums!

    You're welcome? If you only come to the forums to give this kind of advice (telling an absolute beginner to do good mornings with a barbell, good call), maybe staying away is for the best.
  • crazyvermont
    crazyvermont Posts: 171 Member
    Not sure why all the fascination with squats.........I'd highly recommend lunges for toning and shaping. If just starting, you may want to begin with as little as 5 pounds
  • BajaDreamin333
    BajaDreamin333 Posts: 267 Member
    Hold a 5 or 10 lb weight in each hand and stand on a BOSU ball. I can do up to 125 squats standing on the floor, but my whole body starts to quiver on the BOSU! Most gyms have them or online for about $99 - very versatile strange little prop, and well worth investigating :tongue:
  • davideickelmann
    davideickelmann Posts: 87 Member
    Not sure why all the fascination with squats.........I'd highly recommend lunges for toning and shaping. If just starting, you may want to begin with as little as 5 pounds

    Carrying a 75 lbs dumbbell in each hand gets irritating through a set, a 300 lbs barbell isn't as bad. On top of that, some folks just don't like having an esoteric lunges moment.
  • phjorg1
    phjorg1 Posts: 642 Member
    Not sure why all the fascination with squats.........I'd highly recommend lunges for toning and shaping. If just starting, you may want to begin with as little as 5 pounds
    how does a lunge tone a muscle better than a squat?

    Or how does a lunge tone anything for that matter??

    Whats the difference between a shaped muscle fibre and one thats not shaped?
  • CrankMeUp
    CrankMeUp Posts: 2,860 Member
    Not sure why all the fascination with squats.........I'd highly recommend lunges for toning and shaping. If just starting, you may want to begin with as little as 5 pounds
    how does a lunge tone a muscle better than a squat?

    Or how does a lunge tone anything for that matter??

    Whats the difference between a shaped muscle fibre and one thats not shaped?

    this.

    Squat...start with a 45 pound barbell.
    http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/The_Starting_Strength_Novice/Beginner_Programs
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Squats, if done properly, are fantastic for your glutes. Unfortunately too many people take their glutes out of the equation and use their quadriceps almost exclusively. If you are going low, and using your HIPS to push forward and squeezing your glutes hard at the lockout, then you're doing it right.
  • crandos
    crandos Posts: 377 Member
    just squat past paralell :)
  • _G4BR13L_
    _G4BR13L_ Posts: 131 Member
    Cannot stress enough adding weight to the bar. Also dead lift, dead lift, dead lift!
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Try weighted squats, and/or lunges (or split squats), deadlifts and/or hill sprints.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Squats are more for legs, particularly quads.
    Booty results better achieved with weights.
    Try dead lifts and/or Good Mornings with weight behind your neck

    If squats aren't hitting your glutes, then you aren't going low enough. Squats will absolutely hit your glutes, and will only give you less impact than a deadlift if you're not going low or are doing a front bar.

    I said "more for". I did not rule out glutes in a squat. Always the trumping critics here. Thanks for reminding me why I stay away from the forums!

    So someone disagrees or corrects you and you throw out a mean people card? Wow. I hope you are able to recognize and appreciate correct info and advice some day
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    I agree with those telling OP to add weights.

    Check out Stronglifts, NROLFW, Starting Strength, and Wendler. Pick one that suits and go for it :)
  • georgina1970
    georgina1970 Posts: 333 Member
    Get the book called 'strong curves.' It's all about building a strong beautiful booty!
  • MinimalistShoeAddict
    MinimalistShoeAddict Posts: 1,946 Member
    Try weighted squats, and/or lunges (or split squats), deadlifts and/or hill sprints.

    I agree with this. Adding weight is a MUCH better idea than increasing your unweighted reps from 20 to 50.

    Start out with just the bare Olympic Bar and slowly add weight over time
  • MinimalistShoeAddict
    MinimalistShoeAddict Posts: 1,946 Member
    I agree with those telling OP to add weights.

    Check out Stronglifts, NROLFW, Starting Strength, and Wendler. Pick one that suits and go for it :)

    Those are all great programs!
  • KeepCalmNGetyaSweatOn
    KeepCalmNGetyaSweatOn Posts: 361 Member
    I agree, weighted squats & lunges will help. It's helped my tush. What has also helped are these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFykp4b7FFQ Guaranteed AWESOME booty ;)
  • marvybells
    marvybells Posts: 1,984 Member
    Hold a 5 or 10 lb weight in each hand and stand on a BOSU ball. I can do up to 125 squats standing on the floor, but my whole body starts to quiver on the BOSU! Most gyms have them or online for about $99 - very versatile strange little prop, and well worth investigating :tongue:

    i LOVE my bosu ball! i sometimes do weighted squats off mine as well. It is way more challenging than standing on a flat immobile surface, that's for sure. my balance has really improved & so have my buns :)

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