- Los Angeles-based trainer Katie Neeson shared her glute-training tips on TikTok
- He recommended focusing on hip thrusts, squats, and single-leg movements.
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When it comes to exercise, Americans are obsessed with having a better butt.
Tutorials to get more “rounded” and toned buttocks have taken over social media, with searches on TikTok totaling more than 130 million views.
However, fitness experts have revealed that many of these exercises are probably a waste of time.
Katie Neeson, a personal trainer in Los Angeles, posted a video on TikTok last month that showed her kneeling on the floor while moving and squeezing her butt while holding a small pair of dumbbells.
‘Stop doing things like that to make your glutes grow. It’s not doing shit,” Neeson said in the video, which has more than 3.6 million views.
Neeson, who has nearly 60,000 followers on TikTok, also showed herself walking on a ladder and kicking one leg behind her at a time, noting that this won’t tone her butt either.
Katie Neeson, a personal trainer in Los Angeles, revealed that bribes and other nudges may not tone your butt. ‘Stop doing things like that to make your glutes grow. It’s not doing shit,’ she said in a TikTok video, which has more than 3.6 million views.
Social media searches for butt exercises have skyrocketed in recent years as Americans are obsessed with toning their butts.
Instead of thrusting from behind, Neeson told his followers that they “need to focus on some type of hip thrust, meaning putting those cheeks together.”
In the video, Neeson sat on the floor and leaned his back against a weight bench. From there, he raised his hips slightly above the ground and placed a barbell across his lap, pushing forward repeatedly.
“You need to do push-ups and add some weight to this bar and focus on getting stronger over time,” he said.
If you’re just starting out, limit the amount of weight you have on the bar to get used to the movement and reduce the risk of injury. Then, as your body gets used to it over a few weeks, add a little more weight each time.
Neeson also recommended the deadlift, which involves moving your hips back and bending your knees to lower your body and lift a barbell or kettlebell.
“It targets your glutes a lot more,” he said.
Neeson told his 58,000 followers to focus on hip thrusts and gradually increase the weight over time.
The trainer also recommended squats and deadlifts, as well as single-leg movements.
Additionally, Neeson suggested doing squats while holding the barbell behind your head.
“You want to include some form of squat,” he said, noting that they can be high or low bar squats.
In a high bar squat, the bar rests right above the shoulders, while a low bar squat requires it to be closer to the shoulder blades.
Neeson’s final recommendation was to include moves that focus on one leg at a time. “We want to do some kind of one-legged movement,” he said.
These include lunges, single-leg squats, and single-leg deadlifts.
“Ladies, try it,” he said.