Tighten the Butt/Glute with a Ball!
Wednesday January 11, 2012
Before I start, I want to let you know I am on Pinterest now! HOLY COW - addicting! I may change over to the FitFluential page but not there yet because I had already signed up before I knew about our FitFluential page.
Picture from Muscle & Fitness Hers.
We all want a tight butt - one that does not fall & keep on falling! A pinchable one is what I say or at least to my hubby! 
I have written a lot of posts over time about glute/butt exercises. One of them is right HERE with lots of links to other posts for you. We can do squats and lunges and split lunges and leg presses and step-ups and cable work and more!!! The all have the intent to tighten the butt & yes, legs too. Then we have some isolation moves that can target just the butt like old times moves - glute bridge and fire hydrants(dirty dog) and pretzels among a few of them. Definitely check out the WebMD link in this post for lots of way to work the glutes.
Today though, I want to talk about a variation to the glute bridge that I saw in Muscle and Fitness Hers magazine. It is a glute bridge with your feet on a medicine ball. Here is a video of it.
I actually put my heels vs. my feet on the ball but the way in the video is a bit easier. You can also add weight to your hip area to increase the intensity or even try 1 foot at a time. I have not done that yet! 
I really feel this when I do it & a nice change of pace to add it in to my glute training. Another great thing - you can do it at home!!!!
Check out all my links above for lots of butt lifting & tightening exercises along with leg work as well.
Have you tried this exercise before & what is your favorite exercise to tighten & list the butt.
I have so many faves & to me, after 30 years of exercising, there is no one best.
For me, it is all about changing it up & doing a variety of exercises to hit all parts of the glutes. I will say that for over 15 years, I have been using a cable ankle cuff to do inner & outer thighs (adductor & abductor) & butt work and it never gets easier!!!
Posted by truth2beingfit at 1/10/2012 9:54 PM 
Categories: Fitness, workout, Workouts, Exercise, Leg Workout, Glutes/Butt, FitFluential
Tags: glutes butt exercises Exercise fitness workouts Muscle and Fitness Hers glute bridge medicine ball workout tighten the butt
Categories: Fitness, workout, Workouts, Exercise, Leg Workout, Glutes/Butt, FitFluential
Tags: glutes butt exercises Exercise fitness workouts Muscle and Fitness Hers glute bridge medicine ball workout tighten the butt
Love this so much thank you for sharing these links! I can do these!
The Pretzel looks very difficult and it will cramp me up fast! Any time I work my glutes like using the Fire hydrant I get terrible cramps at least when I did them years ago. Perhaps now that I am a runner it won't???
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Sheri - hope you don't cramp!
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My butt is getting tighter just by looking at those links.That was easy.
Thanks, Jody. I like at home exercises.
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Ewa - how tight is it now?
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No comment
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not me.
yet
Im still lurking about there....
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Miz - I dreamed about it last night - OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nice coincidence--glute bridges are on my workout list for today! (My glutes are not happy about it either.
I love Pinterest and hope it doesn't get screwed up like FB and twitter. But it will.
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Cammy - hope you like this exercise! I hear you on all the social media!
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I do like using the stability ball, but have not attempted anything like that! I bet that would be a great exercise and I need it.
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Diane - give it a try. Even without weights - hard stuff!
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See comment to link to previous post, wink....
Yes, I still think low back extensions are a supreme glute hardener. I'm also big on 1-legged leg presses, done sslow and deep.
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Roy - agree!!! I squeeze my butt every time I do back extensions & yes to the 1 leg press!
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I'm resisting pininterest!
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Karen - it sucks you in - be careful!
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I've had to back off of pinterest a little bit. It is a good way to keep things organized that you come across!
Have not had the pleasure of trying that exercise yet..lol
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Julie - I may have to back off - I dreamed of pinning pics & quotes last night!!!! :-O
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you didn't leave your pinterest link...I want to follow you!
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Sian, here it is: http://pinterest.com/truth2beingfit/
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I find doing karate kicks, especially the back kick seems to work this area, but I'm sure I could do more and this seems like a very good and doable exercise.
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Dr. J, I agree, those kicks work!
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