Is this true about butts?

I would say mostly genetics, but this tumblr may give you hope (check the progress pics): http://fitnessforlife3.tumblr.com/

^ She says she eats around 2370 calories a day and 130g of protein, so you'd be eating at a caloric surplus to build-a-butt like that.

LoryBear wrote: »

cloudbustr wrote: »

I would say mostly genetics, but this tumblr may give you hope (check the progress pics): http://fitnessforlife3.tumblr.com/

^ She says she eats around 2370 calories a day and 130g of protein, so you'd be eating at a caloric surplus to build-a-butt like that.

As much as I can appreciate her achievements, it doesn't really provide any hope for me, as a butt like hers would not look good on a girl like me. My thighs are far too muscular already and I would look overweight in anything but shorts.

A butt like that needs some thicker thighs to look proportionate, otherwise one would end up looking like Nicki Minaj (obviousl implants)

Other than that, not sure what to tell you. lift weights to work on fine-tuning, loving and accepting your own butt shape, dents and all because you can't trade it for a someone else's. You are nowhere near overweight, or have "too muscular" thighs, going by your photos.

What type of trianing are you doing for you butt? Have you tried walking lunges and squats to help build the roundness and also pek it up. If your not doing these two excercises give them a go, they may produce the results you are looking for.

True - glute muscles are more central rather than outer edges. However to have more impact on the outside of those muscles try squating light weight with 4 second negatives and sets of 8 reps (so each set is over 30 seconds of time under tension - 4 seconds down and 1 up) and really squeeze through your heels as if you are trying to force your legs apart on the negative movement.

You can always try a bulk phase to see if any fat goes to your butt.

The curve you're referring to on the side from your waist to your thigh is determined entirely by your bone structure and whether or not you have wide hips. If you have narrow hips, it's going to be a straight line. In terms of the dent/definition, that is the result of low body fat + a lot of muscle. It's true that you have no control over how fat accumulates on your body. However, you can shape your butt by adding muscle. You do this by eating at a surplus while doing high intensity strength training focusing on the intended body parts. If you want to avoid getting the kind of definition needed to see "dents" on the side, then all you do is not worry so much about fat loss. You achieve that kind of definition by focusing on fat loss (eating at a deficit) after you've achieved the desired amount of muscle and then switching from deficit to maintenance when you see what you feel is the ideal amount of definition.

TL;DR: Eat at a surplus focusing on weight training. When you get the desired amount of muscle, switch to eating at a deficit so that the fat melts away to reveal your shiny new muscle. Switch to maintenance when you have achieved the ideal combination of muscle growth + fat loss.

If you don't want to look like the second picture then don't let your body fat get that low. It's really quite simple.

dbmata wrote: »

I dunno, I'd buy a drink for the one on the right.

Now you wont be able to un-see the curve in the spine when you see a pic of a big round butt though.

Mine isn't round, but I like it.

LoryBear wrote: »

I've always had a full backside, but before that was because it was all butt-pudge. Never the less, it was still round but I wanted to see less cellulite and whatnot. I expected that eventually I'd end up with one of those big round butts that you see on instagram all the time, except I noticed mine was getting flatter and...Longer/rectangular? I started googling and I read in many places that the typical, pretty round butt that I always thought was achieved from exercise and good health
A butt like this:

is purely genetic and just well-placed butt fat.

And that if you exercise your butt muscles, you're going to end up with a butt like this:

I really hate having dents in the side of my butt. I know it's a sign of definition, but is it really not possible to make outer sides of my buttcheeks round? It's like a straight line from my waist to my mid thigh and I hate it. There's no curve on the sides whatsoever.

I think the second butt looks better.

LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »

mustgetmuscles1 wrote: »

The dents show up when flexing and at lower body fat.

A lot of these pictures of really round looking butts are enhanced by lordosis. A curving of the lower spine. Some people do it on purpose for posing for these pics and some have it naturally.



Do your strength training for the glutes to give it the musculature and then lower your body fat to where you feel comfortable. Anything beyond that is really up to genetics and is not worth stressing over.

Standing like the girl on the right on purpose under the age of 18 will get you slapped in my husband's family. My youngest sister-in-law used to do it. I'm not saying standing that way on purpose signals that one is easy, but let's just say girlfriend is thirsty.