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It's a bit odd to ask this but anyone know a really good exercise that target just the 'butt' area? I love Mark's Leg exercise and my legs are getting define and muscle, but I just don't find that 'certain area' firming. I know most guys aim for big arms & chest, but bubble butt is certainly one of my goal.

Squats and deads give you a nice butt. But be aware-- if you are a small butt person, you will still have a small butt. But it will be a nice butt. I am a big butt person. When I am carrying less fat, squats and deads give me a nice butt. But it is still a big butt. Genetics for ya.

Different types of exercise do completely different things. If you want size you need to train for size. You can also train to reduce size. Or to alter appearance. For instance, older era bodybuilders wanted a kind of wasp waist look, so the experts of the era were extremely knowledgeable about obtaining that look. Modern bodybuilders have thick mid sections in comparison.

Take a close look at the following photo's. The lady was convinced that she had tried absolutely everything, and was convinced that she would always have, and was stuck with genetic 'thick, stumpy calves'. However she wanted to do modelling, and wanted calves that appeared sleek, shapely, and long looking. Plus, she had similar ideas and beliefs about her thighs, and wanted long, curvy thighs. At the same time, she wanted a tight, 'bubble butt' look.

All this was good, excellent, because at least she had a clear picture of what she wanted. The hard part, once identifying the desired changes, and honestly assessing the exsisting situation, is overcoming the exsisting beliefs and patterns, replacing them, totally shifting and maintaining focus on the desired situation. It is a field that really interests me, as invariably our beliefs and thoughts, our habits (both conscious and unconscious) and mental focus produces our reality. We literally are unable to see anything else. Like trying to see the colour blue, when looking through bright red lenses.

Fortunately, there are endless examples that we can change the lenses with 'miraculous results'. Even though we now see the earth as round, people once saw it as flat. We can always learn more, discover more, expand our knowledge, if we choose too. There is much, infinite knowledge waiting to be discovered, if we choose that direction. However, it requires an openess, a willingness to let go of the present. Choice, then adherance to that choice is the key. Sometimes it requires a huge amount of belief, focus, persistance and faith to change. An ability to remain positive, to seek out confirmation where others might only see the negative, to focus on the goal, to view situations in that light. Some people do it with incredible results. It is the hallmark of those that are responsible for 'impossible' breakthroughs. The four minute mile, flight, space travel, electricity. Theres tons of them, if you really want to look.

beow2k5 wrote:It's a bit odd to ask this but anyone know a really good exercise that target just the 'butt' area? I love Mark's Leg exercise and my legs are getting define and muscle, but I just don't find that 'certain area' firming. I know most guys aim for big arms & chest, but bubble butt is certainly one of my goal.

Not that I'm a, err, 'bubble butt' expert, but during senior year of highschool mine went from nothing to too muscular to fit in most of my jeans

Squats are good, foot placement and how you balance plays a lot into whether you use your butt or you use your quads for most of it. Squatting low (top of your thighs at least parallel with the floor) seems to hit it the best.

Lunges are probably the best thing I've done... sets of 8-12 on each side, and you'll be walking funny for the next week.

Deadlifts will also work it, although on a lesser extent.

I know it's summer up in the northern hemisphere now, but when the snow starts falling again go snow shoeing - I don't know of any better activities for fitness in fact. I do backcountry snowboarding over winter, hiking up the mountains, snowboarding back down, with my board and provisions on my back using snowshoes and poles sometimes for several days at a time. You can burn 8000 calories or more in a day, it's obviously high altitude training with associated benefits, and it's simply unbeatable exercise for your glutes (whole body in fact). Snowboarding/skiing is optional of course, you can just hire the snow shoes for a day and go out with a group (and a guide.... be safe in avalanche terrain!) If you don't end up with a good ass after a week or two of that then I'd be surprised!

richard-a wrote:You can burn 8000 calories or more in a day, it's obviously high altitude training with associated benefits, and it's simply unbeatable exercise for your glutes (whole body in fact).

That's bad news for those of us who are trying to get 4,000 cals from beef a day, man

Speaking of the winter sports though, add cross-country skiing to richard's suggestions. That's one exhausting sport, and the entire motion for propelling yourself is using all your squat muscles.