These top-tier booty moves are all you need to hit every angle of your backside. Work them into your regular routine and we guarantee you'll be pleased with the results.
When it comes to butt exercises that tone, tighten, lift, sculpt, strengthen—okay, you get it—it doesn't get much better than the dynamic Tone It Up duo. The girls are big fans of butt exercises, and not only because strengthening your glutes can stabilize your body and prevent injury. Glutes make up the largest muscle group in the body, so when you work on them you'll burn major calories even long after the sweat is wiped off.
Here, Katrina and Karena show you how to perform some of their all-time favorite butt exercises that will make you feel crazy-confident in everything from skinny jeans to bathing suits.
The best part: These 5 moves are all you need to hit every angle of your butt.
Box Jumps
Raises your heart rate and strengthens glutes and hamstrings
Start by standing in front of a box or step with feet hip-width apart. Bend into a squat, push off of the ground and jump onto the box with both feet. Make sure to land softly with legs bent in a squat position. Jump or step back down.
Complete 20 reps.
Sumo Squat
Tones glutes, quads, and inner thighs
Begin standing with legs wider than shoulder-width apart, feet pointing at a 45-degree angle. Hold one end of a dumbbell in front of you with shoulders pulled back and core engaged. Slowly bend at the knees, sitting back into your heels and booty, and lower down. Slowly return to start.
Complete 25 reps.
Deadlift
Strengthens glutes and hamstrings
Begin standing with feet hip-width apart, a dumbbell in each hand in front of hips, palms facing in. Maintain neutral spine with chest up and slight bend in the knee as you hinge forward at the hips and track the weights down your shins. Slowly return to start.
Complete 20 reps.
Step-Ups
Sculpts glutes, quads, and hamstrings
Begin in lunge position with one foot on box and other behind you while holding a dumbbell in each hand. Push off the ground and shift weight into front foot as you fully extend front leg and kick back leg behind you. Return to start.
Complete 15 reps on each side.
Deep Squat
Tones glutes and quads
Begin standing with legs shoulder-width apart. Hold a dumbbell in each hand just above your shoulders. Sit back as if you were sitting into a chair. Lower down until thighs are parallel to the floor. Return to start.
Complete 25 reps.
