Waist is getting smaller, butt bigger

Unless you've added muscle to you glutes by squating,lunges etc?

OH how I feel the same frustration. Don't know if it's from lifting or if I'm actually just gaining my weight back in just that area.
May the battle continue! :ohwell:

OMG... this is not a problem! Count your blessings! Flat butts are so OUT.

What are your old & new measurements? Could there be a silver lining if your new proportions make your waist look even SMALLER than it has already become? I'd be OK with that.

Another reason I really need to start lifting heavy.

Totally normal. Glutes / hamstrings are getting strong. Wait until your shirts don't fit because of broad shoulders. :laugh:

That, I don't need. I'm already built broad across the shoulders.

makes sense. your butt is probably being reshaped higher and tighter.

are you doing squats and deadlifts? ive been doing those as well and my normally low pancake booty is turning into a high wanna be badakadonk :laugh:

i wouldnt worry about it. in the end (no pun intended) it'll en up making your body look more balanced if you keep up the upper body work and start developing a shapely back and shoulders

Your butt is full of muscle. Guessing as you're doing heavy weights, that muscle is swollen and re-shaping gradually to adapt to your exercise.

And since when was a bigger butt a bad thing?!

Is this a joke? What is the problem??

Is that normal? Ive been lifting heavy weights since the first of the year. My pants all have extra room in the waist now and tight as hell in the butt... Humm... tiny bit peeved....

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This!

I have always had a bigger butt. I have began toning it up and its not getting bigger... but with my waist trimming down it looks bigger.

And I ♥ my booty

I've definitely got booty. I've noticed when I work out old school (lunges, bicycles etc.) my butt will often be bigger (by the measuring tape) because those muscles are lifting it up. If I keep going, it'll shrink down from weight loss and tightening muscles.

But, bigger and lifted is way better than smaller and heading south. ;o)

I must say i am jealous. i only wish my butt would get bigger. So far no luck!

As a male, it "appears" that "other things" appear "larger" while it's just that the surrounding things have gotten a little smalller. Perhaps the same thing applies in this case. But (no pun intended) in any case, it is an ASSet (pun intended).

Normal. This has happened to me, I love it! Only thing I'm annoyed about is finding decent jeans to fit me.

Look for ones that specifically say "curvy" fit. They are usually more forgiving in the hips/butt area and smaller in the waist. I found a brand called Airya that I LOOOOVE!

do kettle bell exercises to lift your butt