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The benefits of butt exercises

Another blog post we wrote, check it out and see if you agree :)

Blame it on the Kardashians or on the Instagram butt frenzy, but the derriere is getting a lot more attention than it did until a few years ago. And it’s about due time too because the largest muscle group in the whole body deserves more love than just being rested all day on a plush cushion.

Fit buttocks do a lot more than give you curves and grab eyeballs from passersby as I recently discovered. This group of three muscles, the glute maximum, glute medius, and glute minimus are responsible for some of the most important physical movements that we do every single day of our lives. Along with the quadriceps, they help in running, climbing, getting up from a sitting position and jumping.

Also, they help extend the hip or to pull the thigh behind you when you walk, they help abduct the hip which is what makes the lateral movement to the side possible and last but not the least, they help in hip rotation.

Now, little did you know that the humble tush was so important in the scheme of things. To give you some idea, due to a predominantly sedentary lifestyle that involves sitting in front of a desk for hours on end, my glute muscles had become weak over time and as a result it gave me the most annoying condition that anyone can have in my opinion. It’s called Lordosis or the excessive outward curvature of the lower spine.

Guess what it does?

It makes it appear that I have a distended gut. Something like a beer belly, when my body fat percentage is in the low 15s. For years, I used to diet and do the most intense cardio, only to find this permanent hanging gut near my lower belly. It was a chance meeting with a friend who also happens to be a physiotherapist who suggested that I google the term ‘Lordosis’.

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Today, I have managed to correct the curvature by almost 70%. It’s still there but it’s a lot better than what it used to be.

Getting up from that couch and hitting the booty in the gym can change your life for the better. Want to know how?

Here are seven perks of butt exercises that I bet you weren’t aware of.

Another post of ours on the blog, check it out and see if you agree :)

Blame it on the Kardashians or on the Instagram butt frenzy, but the derriere is getting a lot more attention than it did until a few years ago. And it’s about due time too because the largest muscle group in the whole body deserves more love than just being rested all day on a plush cushion.

Fit buttocks do a lot more than give you curves and grab eyeballs from passersby as I recently discovered. This group of three muscles, the glute maximum, glute medius, and glute minimus are responsible for some of the most important physical movements that we do every single day of our lives. Along with the quadriceps, they help in running, climbing, getting up from a sitting position and jumping.

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Getting up from that couch and hitting the booty in the gym can change your life for the better. Want to know how?

Here are seven perks of butt exercises that I bet you weren’t aware of.

The most stubborn fitness myths I came across

Our second post on the blog, check it out ;)

If I were to receive a dollar every time I heard a fitness myth, I would be a millionaire by now. Ok, maybe not a millionaire but definitely close. After having spent a couple of years in my weight loss crusade and speaking to fitness professionals and healthcare experts, I can vouch for the fact that most of the things that you hear in fitness circles are based on hearsay. And most of them are half truths. Some are downright ridiculous to be honest.

So much so that I thought that I’d dedicate a blog article to it. So here goes. These are the most stubborn fitness myths that I have ever come across in my life and most of them are still floating around I bet.

30 THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT EXERCISE (NONE OF WHICH HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOUR WEIGHT, YOUR SIZE, OR WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE)

We got this from the book called “The Unapologetic Fat Girl’s Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts” by Hanne Blank. We found it both enlightning and motivational, so we decided to share.

We’re sure this will make you get off that ass, grab our book and start sweating thas ass

1. Working out is an immune-system booster, which is great since no one actually enjoys being a mobile snot fountain.

2. Exercise builds ferociously sturdy little old ladies (and men): it’s fantastic for your bones, reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s, and improves balance and coordination.

3. Exercise reduces symptoms of both depression and anxiety. Organic, legal DIY mellowness is a pretty sweet side effect.