7 Great Butt Lifting Exercises
5. Good morning
Known as the good morning posture, you need a body bar to perform this exercise. Bend your knees and hold the body bar overhead. Now gradually bend forward while keeping your spine straight. Your chest moves downwards parallel to the ground while your hips move backward. For this exercise, you have to keep your feet shoulder-width apart. For maximizing the benefits, you will have to tighten the muscles of your buttock while pushing your upper body back to position.
6. Touchdowns
This is a combination of several exercises and can give you excellent benefits. Firstly, keep your feet shoulder-width apart and get down to the squatting position. The knees should be exactly bent by 90 degrees. Now you have to gently bring the left leg into a reverse lunge position. While stretching the left leg backwards, try to touch the ground with your right hand, placing it alongside your right thigh. Now you have to bring your left leg back to its original position and repeat the whole exercise with the right leg stretched backwards.
7. Dumbbell squats
Pick two dumbbells and stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. You can start with 8 – 10 pound dumbbells. You can increase the weight as you go along and feel more comfortable. With the dumbbells in your hand, go to the squatting position. Your hands should be straight along each leg, perpendicular to the ground. The glutes should be squeezed as you return to the normal position. You have to repeat the squats 15 to 20 times. This exercise is also similar to the explosive lunge which offers a bigger challenge. In explosive lunges, you have to stand with feet together. Start with your hand on your hips and lunge forward first on your right leg and then jump switch to your left leg. You have to alternate sides, jumping and shifting legs while trying to push off the floor with your legs.
