Stronger, Rounder, Bigger Glutes: The Best Intermediate Butt-Building Exercises

Butts are having a moment—and it’s about time. Strong glutes don’t just fill out your jeans, they make your back, hips, and knees stronger and more resilient. Strong butts improve performance, endurance, mobility, and longevity. But even though butts are now getting the recognition they deserve; North America is in a sort of “butt crisis.” From sedentary jobs to phenomena like Dead Butt Syndrome and Ozempic Butt, the message from the universe is clear: take care of your butt and your butt will take care of you!

Let’s say you’ve got your bridges, hip extensions, and other glute activation exercises down and you are ready to do some lifting. This small collection of glute-building exercises is a great next step that will help you build your butt fast!

In this blog post, we’ll discuss the best exercises and lifestyle and nutrition tips to ensure the best booty gains. These intermediate-level butt exercises will help you build strength, shape, and definition. These are large-multijoint movements that are perfect for people who have mastered the beginner gluteal activation moves (see Wake That Butt Up blog post) and want more results!

butt stuff, weight training, workoutsGary BerglundFebruary 6, 2025butt, Booty gains, butt exercises, exercise, workout program, workouts, home workout, home workoutsComment

Get Better Results from Your Workouts With This Time-Tested Method

Ever wonder why some people seem to get better results out of their workouts than other people? Chances are, if you talk to a gym rat who knows what they’re doing, they’ll tell you about the strategy behind their workouts — periodization.

Kind of like how babies learn to crawl before they learn to walk, a good workout program should build on itself in a systematic way. Another way to think about it is like gears on a 10-speed bike (or in a car). You start out in the lowest gear, which gets you ready for the next gear, and so on.

There are all sorts of ways to build periodized programs, but just so we don’t get in the weeds, I’ll focus on only one way: a workout program built for my typical client.

weight training, weight lossGary BerglundJuly 31, 2024periodization, workouts, exercise, periodized program, fitness expert, custom workout, workout program, home workout

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