Gluteus Maximus(ing Your Gains) - Best Booty Workouts

If you are wanting to build a strong backside, I've got just the solution that people are leaping towards, literally!

When it comes to sculpting and strengthening of your booty, the method in which you do your exercises is very important. Glutes are strong, powerful, but also a smaller group of muscles. In order to target this muscle group, the key is making your movements explosive and fast. 

Additionally, to fully engage these muscles, when you are actually doing the exercise you want to ensure your glutes are engaged and contracting hard at the end of each exercise. I was once told to imagine you have a coin in between and to squeeze in order to keep the coin in place. 

Now to really target your butt muscles, you've typically just figured that it would be a by-product of doing your leg workouts. While you're not entirely wrong, these workouts actually are more meant to target those larger leg muscles (hamstrings, quads, calves). But, by changing your regular workouts to be more plyometric in nature, you can get the booty you've always wanted! 

Plyometrics is a method of training where the participant typically does an explosive style of movement or exercise in order to propel themselves off the ground in any direction. It can be done with a variety of exercises but our target is our glutes, which is where all that explosive jumping power comes from! 

To begin training plyometrics, simply take your typical leg workout and add jumps to those exercises you are already doing. Examples include jump squats, jump lunges, jump split squats, lateral jumps, etc. I've attached some further suggestions below in the picture and video provided. 

These exercises can be done with just your bodyweight or with added weights as you see fit. Regardless of the resistance, make sure you squeeze and engage those glute muscles for maximal gains! 🍑 

When it comes to building the booty of your dreams in terms of aesthetic and performance, Plyo is the way to Go! 💪🏻