How can I get a tighter butt from exercise?
132350
running always helps if you dont have any kind of weights.  doing squats in a gym will also help with some weights.  eating right also is key.  avoid processed foods and stuff with saturated or trans fat.  eat whole, natural food with high protein.  the other response is good too, anything cardiovascular will help.
575105
Do sit-ups every day and it will tighten your tummy.
92849
try lifting your legs into the air when you do crunches.
279056
Congratulations on making ther decision to do something about your health and fitness!  Th best way to tone and get a smaller butt and thighs is through diet and cardio.  If you would like to know more about losing weight feel free to email me or go to my group page, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bewellforlife.  Dedicating time 2 to 3 times a week to cardio will definitely give you smaller thighs.  To tone your butt, you should get on your hands and knees, clench in your abdomen, lift your left leg (with the knee still bent) and clench your buttocks.  Do this at least 25 times with both legs.  You could also do squats holding weights in your hands.  Trust me these things work because they are working for me.  Good luck in your quest to be well and healthy!
158393
Bodyweight squats and lunges would work good. If you have a treadmill, try using it at a higher incline.
596818
Lunges and hamstring curls are your best bet for rounding out that butt.  Works everytime.
171707
Lunges do the trick.  Also if you've watched some figure skating, there this trick called a spiral... this is when you are standing up right and then what you do is lift one leg behind you with the free leg straight and tense as far as you can go.  Once you're reached your limit, start arching your back so the leg gets higher up.  As you raise your leg past your hips, you'll need to start leaning forward a little bit opening your hips ever slightly.  You can start to feel the burn and your glutes tightening up.  I have a picture I can email to you but dont know what email address to send it too as you'd be the first one I am actually answering the question.  I hope that helps!
609920
You have to lose fat before you tighten anything honey. Do lots of cardio, then work on your ab muscles by doing a variety of stomach and lower back exercises to strengthen your core.\nRemember, you can't spot reduce!!!
84728
Jogging is much better...or skating..I mean roller blades\njust walking and cycling will do nothing to your buttocks size
187363
If you are confident in your body, why do you still want to lose your butt?  Women are infamous for finding things about theselves that they don't like, and it's mostly our own perceptions that give us grief.  If teh people around you who care about you are telling that you have no butt, maybe you should listen to them.  \nThere really isn't anyway to lose fat in just one area of teh body, but you can increase muscle tone, which would make your butt look firmer, if nothing else.  I've found that anything that works your hip flexors (lunges, stair climb) works your butt too.  Squats tone a lot too.  \nI really think that you should reconsider trying to "lose your butt", but good luck if you still feel like you need to try.  \nI'm not a marketing person or anything, but the April 2006 issue of Oprah magazine has a lot of really great articles about beauty and how women percieve themsleves. I highly recommend taking a look at it.
48852
The ultimate hip, butt, and thigh exercise are lunges. They target those areas big time. Be careful these are a little tricky to do at first and form is extremely important. The pay-offs are phenom!!! Check some of the muscle mags as I am sure they cover lunges at some point. If I were you I would not use any weight at first, just your natrual body weight. Hope this helps....
313471
i lift/bend my legs at a 90 degee angle and bring them close to my stomach. this keeps you from getting a bulge.
200864
Squats, with your legs spread about a feet apart, always keep your butt at least a foot from the ground. That works your thighs and butt. Sit-ups for the stomach, have someone hold your legs down, and don't put your arms behind your head, that doesn't really help. Make sure it's your stomach muscles your's bringing up, not just your neck.
486685
As long as you exercise then it will pull the skin back tight again.  Exercise is a key factor for preventing loose skin.
72537
I heard that the lower/with more weight you use to squat, the more it will make your butt stick out.\nIt does tighten the buttocks.
308217
Crunches are great for abs.Lie on your back bring knees to chest and hold them there,now try to rise your shoulders off the floor.Backwards leg lifts are great for toning your backside.Get on all fours and extend one leg,bending it at the knee,while leg is bent push your heel upwards.Lunges are also great.Stand with feet slightly apart,step forward with on leg,bending at the knee with both.You should do at least 5 sets of 10 on these.If you feel you can do more,Go for it.GOOD LUCK!!!
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Stair climbing!  Just walk up and down the stairs a few times every day -- it does wonders for your glutes!