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    Hold on to your butt!!!

    Posts: 127 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    Ok so the more weight I lose the more my butt seems to disappear ... Any tips on to keep curves while loosing weight ? Lifting ? I'm not sure but please help its shrinking!!! :'(

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    • Posts: 3,165 Member
      Proper squats, deadlifts
    • Posts: 12,344 Member
      edited January 2015
      Squats. My butt is actually bigger/ rounder than when I first started losing weight! It was totally flat, even at my highest weight.
    • Posts: 17
      yes do squats and leg press... whenever i work out my legs and i do weighted squats + leg press my glutes are always sore the next day aka progress
    • Posts: 554 Member
      SQUATS, STAIR-MILL, DEAD LIFTS -- it will still shrink, women tend to hold fat in their legs, & butt. Men in their midsection/waist. That's just biology. Working the muscles of your gluteous maximums will help offset it. ;)
    • Posts: 16,049 Member
      I'm with ya sista! I'm starting pilates next week and will also be doing a lot of squats and lunges :s hmmmmmm fun times ahead lol
    • Posts: 140 Member
      Markguns wrote: »
      SQUATS, STAIR-MILL, DEAD LIFTS -- it will still shrink, women tend to hold fat in their legs, & butt. Men in their midsection/waist. That's just biology. Working the muscles of your gluteous maximums will help offset it. ;)

      Agreed. Squats get all the glory, but deadlifts also lead to great results. Also the stairmill is a good way to work on your booty as well as get cardio in.
    • Posts: 127 Member
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      Markguns wrote: »
      SQUATS, STAIR-MILL, DEAD LIFTS -- it will still shrink, women tend to hold fat in their legs, & butt. Men in their midsection/waist. That's just biology. Working the muscles of your gluteous maximums will help offset it. ;)

      thanks !!!! So do I use all of these with weights ? I'm still new to weights how do you build muscle in that area ? And thanks everyone else for replying !!!
    • Posts: 12,942 Member
      I do plenty of squats, lunges, and dead lifts, and my butt is flat....just like many of the ladies in my family have. Some of it's genetics.
    • Posts: 1,038 Member
      Stronglifts or Starting Strength are two good weight lifting programmes that will help (not only with your bum but also give you lovely arms, tummy, etc).
    • Posts: 17,456 Member
      Am I wrong in thinking a deadlift is just a way to do a weighted squat?
    • Posts: 12 Member
      haha - that question is a sure fire way to start a fight in a weights room. IMHO if a single deadlift is different in that you can just put the bar down. If you do multiple reps then it is a difference that makes no difference
    • Posts: 127 Member
      seanie1965 wrote: »
      haha - that question is a sure fire way to start a fight in a weights room. IMHO if a single deadlift is different in that you can just put the bar down. If you do multiple reps then it is a difference that makes no difference

      Ok that makes sinces so I should be able to do the same rep after first , second , third reps ?
    • Posts: 127 Member
      Sense
    • Posts: 12,942 Member
      rabbitjb wrote: »
      Am I wrong in thinking a deadlift is just a way to do a weighted squat?

      Love your perspective, and I think you are dead on. :D
    • Posts: 3
      edited January 2015
      Lots of glutes activation exercises- X band, monster walk, hip thrust.. Etc prior to varies squats and lunges with weights. Make sure you are eating/drinking enough protein (0.75g~1g per lb of body weight) to promote muscle growth.. :D
    • Posts: 127 Member
      YennieMEOW wrote: »
      Lots of glutes activation exercises- X band, monster walk, hip thrust.. Etc prior to varies squats and lunges with weights. Make sure you are eating/drinking enough protein (0.75g~1g per lb of body weight) to promote muscle growth.. :D

      Thanks !
    • Posts: 46 Member
      Glad I ran across this post! If I lose anymore of my booty then I am just going to upset. I have been doing squats and hip thrusts. I just dont want my things to be huge,
    • Posts: 16,049 Member
      vickierivero1 wrote: »
      Glad I ran across this post! If I lose anymore of my booty then I am just going to upset. I have been doing squats and hip thrusts. I just dont want my things to be huge,
      @vickierivero1‌ are the squats helping?
    • Posts: 8,375 Member
      I try to do 20-30 squats when I go to the bathroom. Eh only female at work. So I gotz the bathroom to myself.
    • Posts: 530 Member
      I did a good structured lifting routine with weightlifting, squats and deadlifts, etc when in weight loss. Inevitably, I lost a little booty but then I bulked/recomped and BOOM got booty back. There is a genetics factor to it but some form of resistance training is your best bet to retaining.
    • Posts: 15,151 Member
      Squats, dead lifts, lunges, hip thrusters.
    • Posts: 1 Member
      Will the dead lifts help with cellulite?
    • Posts: 53 Member
      Buy yourself a copy of Bret Contreras' STRONG CURVES: A Woman's Guide to Building a Better Butt and Body. Check out his videos on YouTube. The guy knows what he's doing. And most of all, enjoy. Booty building can be fun. :smile:
    • Posts: 15,151 Member
      mobee825 wrote: »
      Will the dead lifts help with cellulite?
      Sorry, genetics. :'(
    • Posts: 1,441 Member
      biking gives you gluts too! and rollerblading
    • Posts: 46 Member
      it's too soon to tell if it is helping right now. I have only been at it like 8 days. I am sore (very sore) in my things and lower butt. My butt does feel tight though.
    • Posts: 5,132 Member
      rabbitjb wrote: »
      Am I wrong in thinking a deadlift is just a way to do a weighted squat?

      Actually, no. Squats and deadlifts, while both work nearly the entire lower body, place emphasis on different areas. A squat will work the quadriceps far more than a proper deadlift should and deadlifts will put more emphasis on the hamstrings and lower back. Both are excellent for working the glutes.
    • Posts: 9,003 Member
      Carlos_421 wrote: »
      show previous quotes

      Actually, no. Squats and deadlifts, while both work nearly the entire lower body, place emphasis on different areas. A squat will work the quadriceps far more than a proper deadlift should and deadlifts will put more emphasis on the hamstrings and lower back. Both are excellent for working the glutes.

      This.
    • Posts: 477 Member
      Try reading up on Bret Contreras - he knows everything there is to know on BUTTS

      http://bretcontreras.com/about-me/
    • Posts: 724 Member
      edited January 2015
      From my experience squats and deadlifts do not help the butt. It still disappeared and when I did squat, whooo so long ago, I was doing butt to grass.

      My butt was raised but it was not saved.
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