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The Human Butt

The Gluteals

The human butt is composed of three different muscles that are collectively referred to as the gluteals. The gluteus maximus is the largest of the three and is responsible for extending the hip, as in the case of sprinting, leaping, squatting, and thrusting.

The gluteus medius and gluteus minimus are two smaller muscles that are located underneath the gluteus maximus and are responsible for abducting the thigh, as in the case of jumping jacks.

Targeting the gluteus maximus for shape and athletic improvements will give you the most bang for your buck since they are the largest and most significant of the three gluteal muscles. The best way to target the gluteus maximus is by using the Skorcher and performing hip thrusts.

These three main reasons are why gluteals are such an important muscle group:

Sexy Glutes

The butt is the most attractive body part to both men and women. In certain parts of the world, such as the U.S., Europe, and Brazil, the butt is at an all-time high in terms of popularity and importance. Many men and women who aren’t genetically blessed with nice butts attempt to improve the appearance, tone, and shape of their butts by exercising. Most men and women who have nice butts got them from participating in athletics and exercise. Lucky is the rare individual who has a great butt and doesn’t need to exercise to keep it looking great.

In the U.S., nice butts are very rare. Most people have too much fat covering their butts due to the fact that over 66% of the population is overweight or obese. Out of the remaining 34% who are of normal weight, most suffer from having flat butts, wide butts, bubble butts, or droopy butts.

Strategies

People seeking better butts are currently employing five different strategies in an attempt to achieve their goal:

Dieting

Diet alone can cause the dieter to lose body fat, but studies show that dieting without exercising usually results in a 50/50 split of fat loss to muscle loss. This typically results in a “skinny-fat” appearance, which still leaves the dieter with a flabby butt, a decreased metabolism, and an increased chance of rebounding back to the dieter’s original bodyweight.

Cardiovascular Training

Cardiovascular training can also reduce body fat, but since cardiovascular training stimulates the smaller type I muscle fibers that don’t change shape rather than the larger type II muscle fibers that do, it fails to provide extraordinary shaping benefits and can leave the exerciser with an unshaped butt. Picture the typical jogger you see running down the street.

Furthermore, excessive cardiovascular training can lead to increased cortisol levels, which encourages fat storage and muscle breakdown, something you don’t want if you are trying to get a nice butt. Lastly, low-intensity cardiovascular training stimulates fat burning while the exerciser is exercising, but ends immediately following the workout. High-intensity exercise, such as sprinting or weight training, can stimulate fat burning and elevate the metabolism for up to 36 hours after the workout.

Butt Boosting Pads and Butt Augmentation Surgery

Some people have resorted to wearing butt boosting pads or receiving butt augmentation surgeries, which entail liposuction, butt implants, or fat transfers. These surgeries are very costly, have high customer dissatisfaction rate, are extremely painful, and can lead to future health complications.

Strength Training

Strength training at high intensity is extremely effective at reducing body fat, increasing the metabolic rate, and shaping muscles. However, it is difficult for many strength trainers to obtain a great workout that targets the butt muscles.

Strength training methods such as yoga, Pilates, jazzersize, step aerobics, tae bo, and spin classes fail to improve the shape of the butt due to their inability to stimulate type II muscle fibers, something that is necessary for firming, shaping, and restructuring the butt muscles. While these methods are marginally effective for fat loss, improved mobility and flexibility, increased overall body strength, conditioning, and improved muscle tone, they lack specific exercises that target the butt muscles to a degree that improves the shape of the butt.

Three exercises – squats, lunges, and deadlifts – have become the gold standard for improving the appearance of the butt region. Unfortunately, most people who perform these exercises fail to “feel” the exercises in the butt musculature and instead feel the majority of the exercises working other body parts, such as the front of the thighs or lower back. This phenomenon is due to the fact that although squats, lunges, and deadlifts do work the butt muscles, they don’t target and isolate the butt musculature to such an extent to where the exerciser can “feel” the exercise working their butt area. Furthermore, squats, lunges, and deadlifts are difficult to learn, uncomfortable, and can be problematic for knees and the lower back. Technical exercises such as squats and deadlifts are usually performed in a gym and therefore require a gym membership and often lofty personal training fees. Many people lack the time or funds to afford this luxury.

The best butt exercise is the Skorcher hip thrust because it stimulates up to three times more muscle fiber than its competitors. It’s also comfortable, easy to learn, easy on knees and the lower back, and can be performed in the comfort of your own living room just by purchasing a Skorcher.

Athletics

Athletes have a particular interest in performing exercises that target the butt muscles because butt muscles are the most important muscles involved in sprinting, leaping, and cutting from side to side.

In the last 20 years, athletes have become much quicker and faster due to the fact that coaches have finally realized the direct link between strength training and speed/power improvements. The stronger an athlete’s gluteals, the faster and more explosive that athlete will be.

The best exercise available for strengthening the gluteals and increasing power is the Skorcher hip thrust.

Injury Prevention

Possessing strong glutes encourages the body to adhere to proper lifting form and prevents lower back rounding. In this way, strong glutes prevent lower back injuries, a problem that plagues America today. In America, back injuries account for 20% of all injuries and illnesses in the workplace and cost the nation an estimated $50 billion per year (a third of all worker compensation payments).

The best exercise for strengthening the gluteals and minimizing the risk of lower back injury is the Skorcher hip thrust.