What’s the Best Butt Exercise?
Want to get your glutes into gear? Try these 2 targeted exercises from Get-Fit Guy.
Ben Greenfield
Studies that have been done on electrical activity (EMG) of muscles in the butt show that two different exercises cause your glutes to grunt the hardest:
- Prone bent leg hip extension against manual resistance. Yep, that’s a mouthful. Basically, the move involves getting into a crawl position with hands and feet on the ground and then kicking out behind you with one leg – against a partner who is manually resisting your kicking force. Of course, you could also do this exercise against resistance such an elastic band, as I describe in the episode How to Tone Your Butt, but it’s not quite as effective as having a partner resist your kicking force.
- Standing butt squeezes with a wide stance and feet turned out. This one is a bit hard to describe, but I’m going to give you the description from one of my favorite butt-experts, Bret Contreras, who says:
“From a standing position, take a moderate to wide stance and flare the feet out slightly. Now squeeze the glutes as hard as possible for 30 seconds. Make ‘fists’ to increase the neural drive through irradiation. Just do this one time.”
Want even more butt tips? Then check out the episode How to Get a Better Butt. If you have more questions about the best butt exercise, then leave them over at Facebook GetFitGuy.
About the Author
Ben Greenfield received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from University of Idaho in sports science and exercise physiology; personal training and strength and conditioning certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA); a sports nutrition certification from the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN), an advanced bicycle fitting certification from Serotta. He has over 11 years’ experience in coaching professional, collegiate, and recreational athletes from all sports, and as helped hundreds of clients achieve weight loss and fitness success.