My bum has expanded like a balloon!

CaptainCentaur · August 2015

I've been working my butt off since March to add more mass to my lower body and the work has paid off, my thighs growing from 24" to 27" and my bum has grown from 38.5" to 42" I'm working harder to make them bigger and it's nice that my hard work is paying off. It certainly turns heads when I walk down the street. The after photo is from last month or late June so I've actually gotten bigger.

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tiffanycompton33 · August 2015

Very nice! What kind of work outs are you doing? I'd like to make my bum a little fuller. Been doing some squats and uphill lunges but need to be more regimented.

worldofalice · August 2015

Wow!! How did you achieve this? I've been trying to work on my bum...but always seem to end up targeting my quads instead!

CaptainCentaur · August 2015

A lot has to do with good genetics. It's a typical thing to say but it's true because seeing as I started off with a large bum I'm more susceptible to gaining mass on my legs. In the last 2 weeks I went from 41" to 42" on my glutes while maintaining my 31.5" waist

For workouts though I'm still working on a good routine but it mostly comprises of squats in the smith machine. I squat with a wide stance and go to or below parallel and make sure I'm using my glutes to push upwards. I feel it in the quads only when I'm done with my workout, not during but I feel it on my glutes after my first or second set. And of course I go heavy. Currently on the smith I'm squat 150kg but I do want to see how normal barbell squats fair although I do suffer from lower back pain.

At the moment I'm splinting my leg workout into 5 parts I do across 5 days because having sleep problem I'm often mentally fatigued after 4 sets of squats. Mon: Squats, Abductor. Tues: Leg Press, Leg Extensions. Wed: Romanian Deadlifts, Abductor. Thur: Leg Press, Leg Extensions. Fri: Squats, Abductor

I'm trying this starting this week seeing as it's my last week at my current gym (since I'm off to university next month where I'll join a new gym and start lifting again).

CaptainCentaur · August 2015

worldofalice wrote: »

Wow!! How did you achieve this? I've been trying to work on my bum...but always seem to end up targeting my quads instead!

Just to focus more on this, with squats, a wider stance will target the glutes as will going deeper watch your form though because going too wide and too deep can mess up your hips like it did mine while I was sorting out my form. Shoulder-width squats or narrower are more likely to focus more on quads and hamstrings, the same if you don't go deep enough. This is based on what I've gathered online and personal experience; I'm not a fitness expert.

My bum has expanded like a balloon!

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