Glute Toning Tips

It's tough to isolate your butt muscles because nearly every butt exercise also involves the front and/or rear thigh muscles. However, you can maximize the emphasis on your maximus with a few simple technique tricks. For instance, when you do any glute move in a standing position, keep your weight shifted slightly back onto your heels, especially as you press back up into the straight-leg position. The more weight you shift onto your toes, the more your front of thigh muscles (quadriceps) become involved. When you stand up or press up during any of the exercises, make a conscious decision to squeeze your cheeks; this ensures your glutes are really working and not just going along for the ride. Always move slowly and with control to give the muscle rather than momentum a chance to do its thing. And, for some extra oomph, you can hold the most challenging part of each movement for two slow counts before moving into to the next rep.

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