My girl wants a butt you can bounce a quarter off of.

[bignate73]

I disagree with everyone, I would do Squats

good idea! i hadnt thought of those...

 

[FitFossil]

... (and I wish more people would just do their SWISball work at THEIR homes)...

I agree. Everyone should keep one beside their TV and use it instead of the couch. Then we'd all have more room at the gym w/o tripping over people doing Lord knows what with their Swiss balls. Sometimes it's hard to tell what bodypart they're actually training. People can sure come up w/ some funky moves on those things.

 

[RottenWillow]

What if you naturally have a very rounded poochy butt and
want to make sure it doesnt get any bigger? Do squats necessarily make it bigger? My butt isnt fat at all, just big and I want to make sure it doesnt grown even in the tinyiest way. So am I a person that should do legpresses instead or just not squat so deeply?

 

[buffedmama]

Hi there,

First time here...

I have patella-formal syndrome (basically no cartilage between knee cap and shin bones) anything I can do that doesn't require standing?

Thanks

This IS NOT what patella femoral syndrome is... It doesn't mean you have no cartilege between your knee cap and shin bone.

Patella femoral syndrome is basically when your hams and quads are not balanced. The functioning of the kneecap is dependent on a fine balance between the way the thigh bones are aligned and the proper functioning of the muscles and ligaments. When this balance is disrupted, compensations are made. These compensations usually affect the way the kneecap tracks over the knee joint, which most typically pulls the kneecap to the outside of the knee joint.

The way to fix it is to strength train your leg muscles.

Trust me... I've been through many years of physiotherapy that included electric shock treatment and ultra sound, but nothing worked better then leg training.

 

[slinky]

anya:

A squat option for you would be front squats.

 

[JJFigure]

Another option is split squats.

 

[MrStamina]

split sqaut??


can you explain the difference between split and normal sqauts.

Also, how deep are deep sqauts?

 

[RottenWillow]

I was thinking as long as I dont go below parallel then it isnt working my butt enough to make it grow (since it doesnt make it sore squatting this way). I'm half latina and I guess I'm genetically programmed for very rounded buttocks. Avoiding any more back there is a high priority.

Slinky: I tried the front squat thing after you suggested it but it seemed too awkward and really hurt my shoulders too.

I'll research the split squat form and try that one next leg day.

 

[slinky]

anya: how were you holding the bar? I hold it via like a clean. But to do that, you'll need to "stretch" your wrists a bit.

The reason I hold the bar this way, is that it allows me to go heavier in weight. Even if you're holding the bar with cross arms as it lays across your shoulders takes some getting use to.

Vince Gironda had a particular way of performing squats, since he believed that they (squats), made the butt larger. And the way he recommmended them performed would rectify this "issue". Not sure if it ever really worked.

 

[RottenWillow]

Slinky I held it high on my front delts just under my neck with my hands crossed over holding the bar at shoulder width. I tried padding the bar but that made the bar harder to secure firmly on my delts. Im guessing that's you I see by your screen name so I can tell you I do not have as much delt as you. I think this form is really tough for newbie women due to our skinny upper bodies. I do overhead presses with an olympic bar with 65 pounds for 8 reps on a strong day.

Yeah I can tell Vince didnt like squats by looking at his legs. My stepdad has piles of old magazines going back to the late '70s and my butt was thicker and rounder than Vince's when I was 14.