Aging butt

[Anonymous]

Bodies change over time. Its not bad and doesnt need to be "fixed"

[Anonymous]

I’m 50 with a great butt. I still get checked out for the butt and it can pass the pencil test. Google the pencil test if you don’t know what it is.
What I do:
-Indoor bike rides to the Peleton app. I don’t have a Peleton bike, but I love their workouts.
-Lots of sumo squats. I always do squats whenever I workout. I loathe lunges, so squats are pretty much what I do.
-A mini stepper from Amazon. It is small in size, but much more intense than it looks.

[Anonymous]

hip thrusts. google bret contreras/booty by bret.

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Anonymous wrote:How does it look in jeans? How does it look in panties? Does your significant other still find it attractive? Like PP said, it won’t happen overnight but it will eventually.

I’m mostly concerned with how it looks naked.

Be realistic. No one is expecting a 50 yo woman to look good naked.

Let me introduce myself…

Weight room, OP!! Pronto. Heavy weights.

Squatting heavy weights and Pilates keeps mine high and tight still.

My husband just commented how it is now defying gravity. I’m almost 52. I have a Halle Berry type build. I was a college athlete and always have lifted.

[Anonymous]

Stair stepper works wonders as well.

I do these exercises 3x/week in addition to my fitness routine. I do a mix of the below about 4-5 exercises per gym session.

Hip thrusts
Deadlifts
Split squats
Cable kick backs
Back extensions
Squat machine
Incline leg press machine
Hip abductor machine

I've been doing these for the past 3-4 months in addition to watching my diet/getting my protein and my legs and butt have never looked better.

[Anonymous]

Everyone's body is different so try a bunch of things. I second Pilates on a reformer- I was already doing lots of squats but had a flat booty. I started doing pilates on a reformer and platypus walking (google: JLO David Kirsch platypus walk) and my bottom started to change its shape plus I am stronger in my core. I had overdeveloped quads that would do the work for my glutes. Pilates and platypus walking do not let your quads do the work.

And buy more supportive jeans and tights- those NYD Jeans- they are awesome. Wolford stockings change your silhouette.

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Anonymous wrote:Do not listen to the Pilates and barre people. Light resistance and body weight cannot help your aging butt. You need WEIGHTS. Anyone telling you otherwise is either not in a fight with gravity yet or has an old saggy butt and is in denial

PP here. You've never taken a barre class, trust me you wouldn't last 5 mins. FWIW, we use weights and resistance bands till the point of fatigue.

Your 3 lb weights and resistance bands are not building muscle, sorry to tell you. OP needs to actually build out the muscle if she wants lift and roundness

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Again, you've never taken a barre class. I've lifted weights for years. YEARS! And nothing has transformed my body (and butt) the way barre has. To each their own.

NP. Everyone is different so OP should try a bunch of things. I did barre 3-5 days a week and never had anything more than a flat white girl ass (""my FLASS") even though I was generally toned and thin. I did need to lift heavy and that made a major difference within weeks, getting me to where I wanted that years and years of barre could not. Clearly for you it is the opposite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone's body is different so try a bunch of things. I second Pilates on a reformer- I was already doing lots of squats but had a flat booty. I started doing pilates on a reformer and platypus walking (google: JLO David Kirsch platypus walk) and my bottom started to change its shape plus I am stronger in my core. I had overdeveloped quads that would do the work for my glutes. Pilates and platypus walking do not let your quads do the work.

And buy more supportive jeans and tights- those NYD Jeans- they are awesome. Wolford stockings change your silhouette.

OP I think this is my issue. I have strong legs that do the work and I almost never feel like my glutes are engaging even on exercises designed for them. Only after say skiing. Butt stays flat! Will try the above.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone's body is different so try a bunch of things. I second Pilates on a reformer- I was already doing lots of squats but had a flat booty. I started doing pilates on a reformer and platypus walking (google: JLO David Kirsch platypus walk) and my bottom started to change its shape plus I am stronger in my core. I had overdeveloped quads that would do the work for my glutes. Pilates and platypus walking do not let your quads do the work.

And buy more supportive jeans and tights- those NYD Jeans- they are awesome. Wolford stockings change your silhouette.

When you don't go deep enough in a squat (which nobody does starting out), you use primarily your quads. 90% of people have improper form. You need to start with lighter weight until you get the form down properly. A trainer is essential to pinpoint this.

Once you get past that and get very deep in the squat/heels, you will start changing those glutes quickly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does it look in jeans? How does it look in panties? Does your significant other still find it attractive? Like PP said, it won’t happen overnight but it will eventually.

I’m mostly concerned with how it looks naked.

Be realistic. No one is expecting a 50 yo woman to look good naked.

Says you! 50 is the new 30.

I am and so is my DH.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are squats hard on your knees?

yes

Use DB method machine, best investment I ever made.

Thedbmethod.com

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Anonymous wrote:Are squats hard on your knees?

yes

Use DB method machine, best investment I ever made.

Thedbmethod.com

I’ve been so curious about this DB method. Does it put any stress on arms or shoulders while holding handles or are they there mostly for balance? I have horrid shoulders so that’s held me back from things lifting heavy and from trying db method.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone's body is different so try a bunch of things. I second Pilates on a reformer- I was already doing lots of squats but had a flat booty. I started doing pilates on a reformer and platypus walking (google: JLO David Kirsch platypus walk) and my bottom started to change its shape plus I am stronger in my core. I had overdeveloped quads that would do the work for my glutes. Pilates and platypus walking do not let your quads do the work.

And buy more supportive jeans and tights- those NYD Jeans- they are awesome. Wolford stockings change your silhouette.

I had to google platypus walking was afraid I was going to see a version of 1980's speed walking Anyhow we do these in Barre3 classes, with bands no less. Hard as hell. I've been wanting to try a reformer class but they're $$$$ and I'm afraid I'll love it.

[Anonymous]

NP. I have bad knees. What instead of squats and lunges would work?

[Anonymous]

That would be a good name for a band.