Squats are a girl's best friend
casinoangel
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I'm a 47 yr old woman, tiny (5"1) and 48kilos I have noticed my once perky bottom going a little south and appearing non existent in a pair of jeans so I thought, damn time to do something about it
Did some research, read some awesome success stories & saw some really motivational pics
After 2 months of squats (with a light barbell (10k) X 100 per day, 4 days a week, I have seen MASSIVE changes & I couldn't be happier seeing results is all the motivation I need
Believe me, work your body hard & it will repay you ..you won't get the butt you want by sitting on it!
Good luck everyone, stay focused x
Did some research, read some awesome success stories & saw some really motivational pics
After 2 months of squats (with a light barbell (10k) X 100 per day, 4 days a week, I have seen MASSIVE changes & I couldn't be happier seeing results is all the motivation I need
Believe me, work your body hard & it will repay you ..you won't get the butt you want by sitting on it!
Good luck everyone, stay focused x
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Just imagine the results if you progressively added weight and did a established program17
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singingflutelady wrote: »Just imagine the results if you progressively added weight and did a established program
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I don't have a regimen that I follow but my workout studio incorporates a lot of squats. Not only can I SEE a difference I can FEEL the difference. TMI maybe but "squat a lot" is one of my mantras!!3
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I can't do squats for the life of me. Everytime I attempt them, I end up with some type of injury.4
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Squats are the best!3
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Definitely feeling some padding!
Feel like someone's snuck up behind me sometimes .. But it's just my bum haha0 -
I would rather deadlift.6
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SkinnyFatBGone wrote: »I can't do squats for the life of me. Everytime I attempt them, I end up with some type of injury.
Same here. Left hip is too sore, these days and my right knee creaks and cracks like old floorboards! I'm too broken!0 -
I've found that if you use a medicine ball behind your back, on a wall while squatting, helps support not only your back but ensures that you do NOT lose the correct posture! I've learned to love squats now ;-)5
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SkinnyFatBGone wrote: »I can't do squats for the life of me. Everytime I attempt them, I end up with some type of injury.
Same here. Left hip is too sore, these days and my right knee creaks and cracks like old floorboards! I'm too broken!
You probably need to work on hip mobility. I had the same problem, everytime i tried to up the weight Id cause damage to an extremely tight hip flexor. I've since then rolled it out pre workout everyday and got into band exercises.
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Chef_Barbell wrote: »I would rather deadlift.
I thoroughly enjoy both4 -
Hip thrusts for the win!2
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Congrats!1
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Squats are great, but for those with knee/quads problems, diagonal butt kicks (changing knee angles and squeezing your butt) are great too :-)0
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Squats...sure. Add in barbell hip thrusts and glute bridges, cable kick backs, cable pull throughs, deadlifts, good mornings, split squats...then you really got some butt going.
OP you should to Strong Curves!5 -
arditarose wrote: »Squats...sure. Add in barbell hip thrusts and glute bridges, cable kick backs, cable pull throughs, deadlifts, good mornings, split squats...then you really got some butt going.
OP you should to Strong Curves!
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I do Sumo squats and find it doesn't hurt my knee or cause it to swell from my old injury. Back squats do it every time. With Sumo, I can even get at or past parallel which I thought would never happen!1
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bketchum1981 wrote: »I don't have a regimen that I follow but my workout studio incorporates a lot of squats. Not only can I SEE a difference I can FEEL the difference. TMI maybe but "squat a lot" is one of my mantras!!
Me too. Anytime someone (at the gym) intervenes and says, "let me show you", they end up saying something like, "Uh, I guess that's good enough" after 30 minute attempts to do as directed. Maybe some people just can't...squat?1 -
Add to that glute bridge and progress to hip thrusts with weights0
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