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Do squats really make your butt bigger?

jaina08
jaina08 Posts: 561 Member
edited February 4 in Fitness and Exercise
I've been lifting heavy doing squats for a month and a half now. I've always had a small, flat butt... The only thing I noticed so far is a more lifted butt but still small. Is it impossible for me to get a bigger butt? Or am I stuck with a small butt?

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  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    What type of results were you expecting in just six weeks?
  • jaina08
    jaina08 Posts: 561 Member
    A more plump and round butt. It just seems more lifted to me.
  • LarryDUk
    LarryDUk Posts: 279 Member
    Your butt is muscle, so the same rules apply to that as any other muscle. eat above you TDEE and work out and it will grow.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    What type of results were you expecting in just six weeks?

    ^This.

    The only fast results you get is if you go get butt implants.
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    From my very limited understanding of lifting, squats will give you a more shapely butt, To increase the size of the butt muscles you would have to be eating at a calorie surplus to get any gains in muscle mass besides newbie gains and water retention.

    Hope that helps somewhat.

    Shapely small butts are nice as well :wink:
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    What type of results were you expecting in just six weeks?
    QFT^ patience as well.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    A more plump and round butt. It just seems more lifted to me.

    So you are experiencing results but you're still complaining. Most people I know would be ecstatic to start seeing changes in just 6 weeks. Think of the awesome *kitten* you'll have 2 years from now. The bards will sing tales of it all across the realm.

    1. Have patience.
    2. Have appreciation
    3. Have perseverance.
  • Naomi0504
    Naomi0504 Posts: 964 Member
    Keep doing those squats (with weights)! Other good exercises: deadlifts, walking lunges (with weights), split squats, etc. I have really noticed a change in my lower body doing all the above exercises, still a work in progress but I'm pretty happy. (Pics are in my profile)
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Think of the awesome *kitten* you'll have 2 years from now. The bards will sing tales of it all across the realm.
    Boldly Lady Jaina rode forth from Camelot.
    She was not at all afraid to do a lot of squats...
  • ronit1601
    ronit1601 Posts: 183
    only squats won't help u to get big butt.try 2 add 3-4 more lower body exercises like lunges,sumo squats,bridges,split squats etc and u need keep lots of patience to see the results.GOOD LUCK!
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    My butt appears bigger, in that it lifted up/got perkier, but is technically smaller. It's a good look.
  • __freckles__
    __freckles__ Posts: 1,238 Member
    A more plump and round butt. It just seems more lifted to me.

    So you are experiencing results but you're still complaining. Most people I know would be ecstatic to start seeing changes in just 6 weeks. Think of the awesome *kitten* you'll have 2 years from now. The bards will sing tales of it all across the realm.

    1. Have patience.
    2. Have appreciation
    3. Have perseverance.

    I want the bards to do this for me in 2 years.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    A more plump and round butt. It just seems more lifted to me.

    To add mass you have to be in a surplus. Otherwise you will have a nice shape but will either maintain size or get smaller while in a calorie deficit.
  • fatfudgery
    fatfudgery Posts: 449 Member
    Ummm... Looking at your diary, you're eating at a pretty substantial deficit. How do you expect to build muscle doing that???

    Also, you expected results in six weeks? Are you on gear?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    A more plump and round butt. It just seems more lifted to me.

    Your expectations are really skewed...results from lifting don't come in a matter of weeks and days, it's a long term investment..like months and years. People with those awesome bodies? that's years, not a mere 6 weeks of lifting. 6 weeks of lifting is just 1 mesocycle in my routine...

    Also, you're going to firm everything up, but to actually grow that muscle and have a "bigger" butt is going to require more calories...at least maintenance, but a surplus of calories if you really want to get bootylicious.
  • igotabulletproofheart
    igotabulletproofheart Posts: 104 Member
    No, a calorie surplus does.
  • MeganLee4565
    MeganLee4565 Posts: 1
    I have used the booty wow and think it works well but wow its true what Klind_sweetheart says, I am thinking about wearing the booty wow, drinking more protein and working out. it sounds like it
    should work and plus I have heard this on youtube before. so ya go ahead and try out the booty, and work out too, that will help
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    she squats bro

    20140327_091403_zpsec9629d8.jpg

    so yes. yes they do.

    I just went through 50 pages of photobucket to find something comparable for you to look at- but this will have to suffice.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    I have used the booty wow and think it works well but wow its true what Klind_sweetheart says, I am thinking about wearing the booty wow, drinking more protein and working out. it sounds like it
    should work and plus I have heard this on youtube before. so ya go ahead and try out the booty, and work out too, that will help

    what the heck is a booty wow and who the heck is kind_sweetheart?
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