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2004/07/13, 10:48 PM
When squatting, lunging, leg pressing, and doing all of those leg/glute exercises... are some people genetically predisposed to getting a more muscular butt or more muscular legs?
I seen this lady that lifts heavy for her legs/glutes and she has the most amazing legs and I would expect for her glutes to be the same, but she had no butt!
Personally, I am aiming for an even distribution of lean muscle mass around both my legs and glutes. So am I genetically going to gain more in my butt than in my legs or vice versa?
Please explain this genetics stuff to me someone.
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2004/07/14, 09:31 AM
Some muscular gains are genetically determined, but hard work will help even out the playing field.
Once you are lean, there really isn't a lot of butt to speak of, the glutes are little boxes in the end of your spine (for lack of a better description), look at some bodybuilding competition pictures sometime - no big butts there (unless they are holding water).
Lunges will help build up the glutes, as will the outer thigh exercises, as you really don't have an outer thigh muscle, to speak of, it is part of your glutes that wraps around the outside. I found I got good glute development from doing heavy weight on the outer thigh machine (abductor), and changing the angle by sitting higher up on the seat every other workout.
Also, doing stiff legged deadlifts, hamstring kickbacks with the cable cuff on your ankle, and sumo-style squats will help build the glutes.
Another thing (sounds odd, but i think it worked) I did was to place one hand on my glutes while going on the elliptical or stair master to really feel it working, alternate sides and really focus on using your glutes to push. You have to not care who gives you odd looks while you are holding your own a** on the cardio equipment, think about how nice it will look....
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