Health and Fitness Tips

Health and Fitness Tips - Butt Firming Exercises:

If you really want to build your butt up in a hurry, here is an exercise you can do at home. Be warned, you may have a hard time sitting down after doing it. Also, if you have sensitive knees be extremely careful with this one. Do this exercise only after you've done lunges for at least 3 to 4 weeks.

Get a solid chair or bench and place it in front of something sturdy that you can get a grip on. This may be a railing or a pole in your house. Personally, I like to loop a towel around something solid and hold onto the ends of the towel. This gives you a little more play when you are going up and down.


Stand on the chair on one leg and hold on tight.


Lower your body down as far down as you can go (almost touching your butt to your heels if you can) as though squatting down on one leg. You should feel a great stretch in your glute. Push yourself back up using your glute as much as possible. Pushing with your heel will help with this. Also, sticking your butt out while pushing back up will really maximize the effect.


Use your grip on the towel or other solid object to help yourself up as much as you need to. Don't overuse your grip and arms as that will minimize the effect of the exercise. Pull yourself only as much as you need to.


Don't go to failure the first few times you do this exercise until you are used to the movement. Do this exercise three times a day - once first thing in the morning, once during the day and once just before you go to bed at night. Work to failure each time you do it (after the first few times, of course).