Squats are like the LBD of your butt and leg day workout—they’re the perfect staple and they make your bod look pretty amazing.
They strengthen pretty much every muscle in your lower body, including your thighs, core, calves, glutes, hamstrings, and abs.
50 squats in one day is too difficult for most beginners, and even if you could do 250 squats with perfect form, you will be training for muscular endurance rather than strength (which is what leads to the toned look). It's the same reason you wouldn't do 50+ reps of an exercise in the gym.
More often than not, squatting will really just shape up your glutes, making them firmer instead of bigger or smaller. If you are losing body fat on top of performingsquats, then your butt will likely shrink. If your glutes are building muscle, however, then your butt will appear larger.
1. MINI BAND SQUAT
They strengthen pretty much every muscle in your lower body, including your thighs, core, calves, glutes, hamstrings, and abs.
50 squats in one day is too difficult for most beginners, and even if you could do 250 squats with perfect form, you will be training for muscular endurance rather than strength (which is what leads to the toned look). It's the same reason you wouldn't do 50+ reps of an exercise in the gym.
More often than not, squatting will really just shape up your glutes, making them firmer instead of bigger or smaller. If you are losing body fat on top of performingsquats, then your butt will likely shrink. If your glutes are building muscle, however, then your butt will appear larger.
Types of Squats for a Better Butt
- Body Weight Squats. This is just a regular squat with zero exercise equipment. ...
- Plie (Sumo) Squats. In this squat your feet need to be wider than hip width apart with your feet angled significantly outward. ...
- Pulse Squats. ...
- Plyometric Squats. ...
- Single Leg Squats. ...
- Goblet Squats. ...
- Barbell Back Squats.
1. MINI BAND SQUAT
The mini-band squat is a great tool to teach glute activation, hip mobility, and squatting technique.
Stand tall with your feet shoulder-width apart and a mini band looped around your calves. Lower your body as far as you can by pushing your hips back and bending your knees. Pause, then push yourself back to starting position. That's one rep.
2. GOBLET SUMO SQUAT
Sumo Goblet Squat. This is a fun and effective variation on the regular squat!Hold the object at chest height with elbows stacked under weight. Squat down until hip crease gets just below .. Set your feet at about twice shoulder-width, your toes turned out slightly. Lower your body down by pushing your hips back and bending your knees. Pause, then slowly push yourself back to the starting position. That's one rep.
3. SQUAT TO OVERHEAD PRESS
Hold a pair of dumbbells at your shoulders, standing with your feet hip-width apart. Push your hips back and lower into a squat, keeping your chest upright and your knees over your toes. As you push through your heels to return to standing, press the dumbbells overhead. That's one rep.
4. SQUAT JACK
With your feet hip-width apart, lower your body until your knees are bent to almost 90 degrees. Explosively jump your legs outward, and then immediately jump to bring them back to starting position.









