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Optimize Your Health, Fitness & Vitality with Brien Shamp: Here are the 6 Best Exercises for Your Booty

BEST Booty Exercise #1: LUNGE
An amazing exercise that targets the muscles of your butt, thighs, and hips; is the lunge.  Putting one foot out in front of the other, lower your body toward the ground, keeping your abdominals tight and your torso straight.  Lower until the front knee is bent at 90 degrees and not extended past your toes. Stand back up and then extend the opposite leg and bend. Perform 10 repetitions.  For an increased workout, hold dumbbells in each hand.

BEST Booty Exercise #2: HIP LIFT (Bridges)
A great exercise to work your glute muscles is the hip lift.  To do this exercise, lie on the floor with your back flat, knees bent, and feet resting on the ground.  While keeping your arms at your sides on the floor, lift your bottom and lower back off of the floor.  Hold for a few seconds, and then slowly lower yourself. Repeat.  To work your muscles even more, lift a leg in the air when you raise your bottom off the ground. Lower yourself and then repeat, lifting the other leg.  Perform 10 repetitions with each leg.

BEST Booty Exercise #3: BANDED SHUFFLE
This is a great exercise to get your heart pumping and works your buns.  To do this exercise, you’ll need an elastic sports band.  Stand up straight with your legs hip-width apart and tie the band around your lower legs.  Squat down until your thighs are parallel to the floor, your back is straight, and your abdominals are tight.  While in this squatting position, take several steps to the left, then several to the right.  You may need to use your arms for balance, but your butt muscles should feel a workout.  Perform 10 repetitions left and right.

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BEST Booty Exercise #4: LEG LIFT
To do a leg lift, lie on your side and prop yourself up on your elbow.  Raise your top leg slowly into the air, as high as you can, so your legs make a “V” shape.  Hold for a few seconds, and then slowly lower your leg. Repeat 20 times, turn onto the other side, and lift the other leg.

BEST Booty Exercise #5: RUN OR WALK
Running or walking outside (preferably on a hill) are other great exercises that work your butt while giving you a cardio workout to burn fat at the same time.  Make it your goal to exercise 30 to 45 minutes at least three times a week, including walking or running each time.

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BEST Booty Exercise #6: PLIE SQUAT
Another form of squat is the plié squat.  This is the exercise to add definition and shape to your butt.  Start by standing with your legs slightly more than shoulder-width apart and your toes pointed out to the sides. This is what ballerinas call the plié position.  For balance, hold your arms in front of you.  While keeping your back straight, slowly squat to the ground until your thighs are parallel to the floor.  Hold this for five seconds and stand back up.  Repeat 10 times.

Burn, Baby, Burn!  These 6 exercises are excellent ways to burn extra fat off your booty while adding the definition you desire.  Not used to working your gluteal muscles? You’ll definitely feel the burn the first few days, but the end result will be worth the effort!

Please resist the urge to let past failures get you down.  I don’t care how many times you’ve tried and failed to transform your body – and you shouldn’t either.  What matters is that you’re motivated NOW, so let’s grab that momentum and get moving!

The one and only way to reshape your body (and your booty) is with a combination of cardio exercises, a healthy diet, and the right resistance workouts targeted for the butt and thighs.  This is the winning combination that will see you through to your goal.

If you’re serious about transforming your body then call or email today to set up a consultation with me. Together we will create the perfect program that will quickly get you into the body that you deserve.

Don’t wait! Let’s get started today…

Your friend & coach,

Brien Shamp brings you 22 years of experience as a Body Transformation Expert, Personal Trainer, Nutrition & Lifestyle Coach, Massage Therapist, Strength Coach for College & Pro Athletes and Reiki Practitioner. In 2011 he was nominated one of the top ten trainers in the country. Brien has a degree in Biomechanics from UC Davis and extensive graduate studies in Exercise Physiology from SF State. Brien won first place in the Met-Rx World’s Best Personal Trainer Contest in 1999 and was nominated Best in the Bay by KRON 4 for Weight Loss in 2009. He is an active author in Parenting on the Peninsula, Ms. Fitness Magazine and his FREE Blog with thousands of subscribers at www.BrienShamp.com.
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