hourglass figure

Genetics.

But I have heard good things about the Strong Curves lifting program. Also there's always boob jobs.

Comes from boobs and hips right? Those aren't muscle... so it's genetic.

I figure the most you can do is drop your bodyfat% to a point you're happy with, and work on your butt a bit, although your results will ultimately (to whatever extent) be determined by... genetics.

New Rules of Lifting for Women, ftw. Great book.

My mommy and daddy made mine (mostly mommy though) :laugh:

Genetics, yes. However, you can say "EFF GENETICS" if you lift heavy weight at low reps--especially squats--and work on building muscle/losing fat. When you are at a low body fat percetnage, where you store fat nautrally doesn't play as much of a role. You also want to work abs, with the exception of obliques, if you really want to wittle your waist down to be a much wider gap in the waist to hip ratio.
So, build your booty with squats, sumo squats, leg presses, etc. then work your core with the exception of obliques and drop your body percentage. Weightlifting allows you to shape your body the way you want. It IS possible!

There's so much more to it than that, but that's it in a nutshell.

Hourglass does not just mean that the bust and the hips are equal. To have an actual hourglass figure, you bust and hips have to be within 1" of each other..but the part you all are not realizing is that the waist has to be 9" or more smaller than the bust. This is very rare and is probably almost all genetics. I hate to burst people's bubbles, but less than a 9" difference actually make you a square. But really, who cares about a label?! If you're suck on being an hourglass though, you can always fake it with a corset.

You can train your body with a corset. Over time, you gradually tighten the waist the organs slowly move a little making your waist smaller. This is not healthy and takes years but women still do it.

I have been reading about it and I am pretty sure it is genetics. I am an hourglass figure that has measurements of 48-38-48 (just found out 2 days ago when I was getting fitted for a dress). The tailor said she has had many clients come in who have flutuacted in weight and their hourglasses are still defined. So I am assuming from that statement that you don't lose your body shape from weight gain.

It's not all genetics.


My mom and much of her family are top heavy. And I am too but I can achieve a top hourglass by skewing what I normally eat. I was 108 at my heaviest with a 25" waist and 33" hips and huge boobs DDs almost the next cup up 37.5-25-33. I lost 10 lbs and became a 36-24-33. I changed what I changed my intake of soda to tea that was the only difference odd thing was my hip bones stayed wider than they were before which was around 30-32" in hip measurement. I always struggled getting my waist below 24" I think it may be a change in diet added to a change in hormones. But my current measurements are 36-23-33 as opposed to 37.5-25-33 which would be inverted triangle measurements.

For pears idk if there's a way for them to achieve hourglass without surgery. But I do know for rectangles and inverted triangles it's easier to achieve because all you have to do is get the waist 10 inches below your hips. My hips have very little fat on them as long as the actual pelvis structure is 30 inches or more then there would be no fat for the hips to lose therefore it would have to come off the waist. If you burn fat off your waist enough as long as your waist is 22" you'd be an hourglass or top hourglass. That's basically how I got an hourglass figure despite normally at most other weights being an inverted triangle.

Some weight training in certain areas should help, but it's mostly genetics I believe...
But if the problem is the waist (after weight loss and especially if you're a rectangle shape) doing some waist training with corsets MADE for waist training (not cheap $5-20 ones on ebay) can definitely help slowly mold you into more of a hourglass shape.

I Naturally have an hourglass figure and hate it!.... No clothes suit me and no one seems to like my figure

I'm an hourglass. My bust is 35" and my waist is 26. My hips are 37 and I would love them to be less, but I would have to have a bone graft because that's all that's left. My cousin is envious of my figure, but she knows she has to eat less.

The shape is genetic, though. I beg to differ with the lift heavy people, but you can't do what isn't there to begin with. There's nothing wrong with different body types. I'm envious of dancer types, but I will never look like that. I like me however.

Lucky you, I'm more like a rectangle. Genetics, oh well

cpsides wrote: »

Genetics, yes. However, you can say "EFF GENETICS" if you lift heavy weight at low reps--especially squats--and work on building muscle/losing fat. When you are at a low body fat percetnage, where you store fat nautrally doesn't play as much of a role. You also want to work abs, with the exception of obliques, if you really want to wittle your waist down to be a much wider gap in the waist to hip ratio.
So, build your booty with squats, sumo squats, leg presses, etc. then work your core with the exception of obliques and drop your body percentage. Weightlifting allows you to shape your body the way you want. It IS possible!

There's so much more to it than that, but that's it in a nutshell.

I've never heard this not working your obliques to get a smaller waist. I'm skeptical.