Pear shape successes?

I received this email from a trainer whose ebook I bought, "Visual Impact for Women." He talked about how when he was doing heavy squats he could barely fit into his jeans because squats made his lower body bigger and he eventually decided that a slimmer look was more attractive. Here's an excerpt on what he said about women, which I believe to be true:


"People find a woman with a nice butt, put up a picture and attribute it all to squats.

The message? Want a butt like this...then do squats!

The "butt region" (scientific term)...is largely genetic for women.

There are countless Victoria's Secret models and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition models that have never been near a squat and have great butts.

A large portion of having a nice butt is being lucky enough to have even fat distribution over this area.

You can build up the muscle underneath the fat.

...but in many cases that is just going to mean you will go up a few sized in jeans.

In my experience, most women have ample muscle size in their lower bodies.

If you want larger thighs and butt...then by all means squat.

It isn't a useless exercise.

It is only useless if you want to slim down your lower body.

...and if you are a man or woman satisfied with your leg size.

Do not squat!

Stick to interval training, HIIT, to tighten up the lower body without adding size.

Want a bigger upper body?

Train your upper body.

(I know...totally mind blowing advice)."

I disagree with almost all of this.

Maybe all of it.

Oh well. I have heavy squats to do and a pear shaped body/big booty and thighs to slim down with those heavy squats. Maybe one day this whole 'Building muscle under the fat' will happen or I'll magically stop slimming down while lifting heavy/suddenly make my bottom half larger. Maybe.

I've always had a big bottom. While most of the weight I've lost has shown more in my waist, my butt and thighs are slimmer. My mom told me the other day that my butt was shrinking. Of course, I know will always be a pear.

Sorry, I don't have any pictures. I've been avoiding cameras for years and I only recently started taking any pictures of myself.

At my lowest weight ever, 88, I was very slim, but a very slim pear. When I was young, all my fat went to my butt, now it goes to my but hips and upper thighs. It's genetics and biochemical changes as I age.

How tall are you?

I received this email from a trainer whose ebook I bought, "Visual Impact for Women." He talked about how when he was doing heavy squats he could barely fit into his jeans because squats made his lower body bigger and he eventually decided that a slimmer look was more attractive. Here's an excerpt on what he said about women, which I believe to be true:


"People find a woman with a nice butt, put up a picture and attribute it all to squats.

The message? Want a butt like this...then do squats!

The "butt region" (scientific term)...is largely genetic for women.

There are countless Victoria's Secret models and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition models that have never been near a squat and have great butts.

A large portion of having a nice butt is being lucky enough to have even fat distribution over this area.

You can build up the muscle underneath the fat.

...but in many cases that is just going to mean you will go up a few sized in jeans.

In my experience, most women have ample muscle size in their lower bodies.

If you want larger thighs and butt...then by all means squat.

It isn't a useless exercise.

It is only useless if you want to slim down your lower body.

...and if you are a man or woman satisfied with your leg size.

Do not squat!

Stick to interval training, HIIT, to tighten up the lower body without adding size.

Want a bigger upper body?

Train your upper body.

(I know...totally mind blowing advice)."

I ♥ this post!! I have been afraid to even DARE suggest that I will NOT squat heavy EVER, because when I did, I got a bigger bottom that I wanted. My bottom is already quite round, I don't need to build MORE muscle on it. I do squats with NO WEIGHTS in order to tone it, and I'm good.

I'm glad you found it helpful. This trainer is one of the few people who's ever acknowledged that traditional training will only make women shaped like us bigger. I know from experience that squats increased the size of my butt and hips and as they're already large relative to the rest of my body.