{"id":8427,"date":"2014-06-02T15:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T19:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-181994-533056.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=8427"},"modified":"2019-11-08T22:57:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T03:57:53","slug":"guide-effective-exercise-perkier-butt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/fitness\/guide-effective-exercise-perkier-butt\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide: The Most Effective Exercise for a Perkier Butt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you ever wondered why all those squats you&#8217;ve been doing haven&#8217;t given you a Selter butt yet, it&#8217;s because there&#8217;s more to the butt story than squats!\u00a0While squats are amazing at the sculpting game, the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research reports that the most effective exercise for targeting hamstrings is actually the straight-leg deadlift. The hamstrings are responsible for lifting and shaping your posterior. No need to mention the effect it has on reducing the appearance of cellulite!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Targets:<\/strong> Straight-leg deadlift targets\u00a0<span style=\"color: #222222;\">glutes, hamstrings and low back while squats primarily target the quadriceps (muscles in the front), hamstrings and glutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Weight Suggestion:<\/strong> Start at 5-10 lbs<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Reps:<\/strong> Do 2-3 sets of 12 reps 3x a week<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How to do it<\/strong>: To perform the move correctly, stand with feet hip-width apart with a slight bend in the knees. Hold your weights with palms facing thighs, standing up straight. Keep back straight as you lower your torso until almost parallel to the floor then return back to standing position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SDL_styletomes_31.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8433\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/sdl_styletomes_3-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-8433 lazyload\"\/><figcaption>Feet hip width apart<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"500\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SDL_styletomes_1-e1444847380299.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8434\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/sdl_styletomes_1\/\" class=\"wp-image-8434 lazyload\"\/><figcaption>Starting Position: Palms facing thighs, knees slightly bent<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"338\" height=\"500\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SDL_styletomes_2-e1444847372101.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8435\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/sdl_styletomes_2\/\" class=\"wp-image-8435 lazyload\"\/><figcaption>Lower from the hips, keeping back straight and knees slightly bent for support. Come down almost parallel and lift back up.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever wondered why all those squats you&#8217;ve been doing haven&#8217;t given you a Selter butt yet, it&#8217;s because there&#8217;s more to the butt story than squats!\u00a0While squats are amazing at the sculpting game, the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research reports that the most effective exercise for targeting hamstrings is actually the straight-leg&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[75,82,279,57,91],"thb-sponsors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Guide: The Most Effective Exercise for a Perkier Butt | Style Tomes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/fitness\/guide-effective-exercise-perkier-butt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guide: The Most Effective Exercise for a Perkier Butt | Style Tomes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you ever wondered why all those squats you&#8217;ve been doing haven&#8217;t given you a Selter butt yet, it&#8217;s because there&#8217;s more to the butt story than squats!\u00a0While squats are amazing at the sculpting game, the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research reports that the most effective exercise for targeting hamstrings is actually the straight-leg&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/fitness\/guide-effective-exercise-perkier-butt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Style Tomes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/styletomes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/styletomes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-02T19:00:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-09T03:57:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/highbuttworkout-e1444847359152.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"407\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/styletomes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@styletomes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Style Tomes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/styletomes\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/styletomes\",\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/styletomes\",\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/styletomes\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/styletomes\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Style-Tomes-Logo.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":227,\"caption\":\"Style Tomes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/\",\"name\":\"Style Tomes\",\"description\":\"Live Your Most Beautiful &amp; 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