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2008/02/14, 03:47 PM
yes it will help, but there are many other things to keep in mind.
The the major things you'll need to do are:
-Nutritionally sound meals
-Really concentrate on flexing the glutes when using them
-Do your cardio!
Lunges and kickbacks are your best choice since they are unilateral movements since they allow focused concentration and isolated contraction of your glutes.
Some other exercies include:
(without weights)
-Leg Lifts and butt lifts or bridges
(with weights or machines)
-Single-leg cable kick-backs, glute specific machines(kickback movement), stiff-leg dead lift
As for the cardio... running, not jogging, is THE best cardio for your butt. If running is hard for you, start slow, with short intervals of jogging and fast walking. As you progress, make the intervals longer. Work up to a comfortable jog speed for a few miles. Once the jogging goal is met, add in some short intervals of running, then longer intervals. After some time, you'll find yourself running and enjoying the large amount of calories burned in a relatively short amount of time.
However, if running is just not an option then walking on a treadmill at an incline of about 75-100% with a goal of about 3.0-3.5 miles per hour. Try not to hold the rails, and SQUEEZE your glutes while goin up that hill.
For your lower back, you can do supermans on the floor at home, back extentions on the machine at any gym. Also, while sitting and walking flex your lower back and abs, while thinking of your posture and keep going as long as you can.
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train smart, then hard
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form over weight
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warmup, cooldown & stretch so seldom seen
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