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Originally posted by Ania_xox All noted. many thanks, bitches Also, I'm not going to ask the trainer this because it sounds retarded, but I'd like a bigger ass. I have skinny legs and a small bum I currently use two machines that burn the gluteus maximus baby... any non-machine exercises?

I told you, squats and lunges. Your trainer will tell you the same thing. Deadlifts work your hamstrings, and tight strong hamstrings give your ass lift.


Grab a 30 lb dumbbell (or less if 30's too much ) and do goblet squats. Hold 10-15 lb dumbbells in each hand and do walking lunges.

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Originally posted by Ania_xox Also, I'm not going to ask the trainer this because it sounds retarded, but I'd like a bigger ass. I have skinny legs and a small bum I currently use two machines that burn the gluteus maximus baby... any non-machine exercises?

Squats. Also lunges, especially long ones (putting your leg far forward).

lol "long ones"

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Originally posted by Ania_xox All noted. many thanks, bitches Also, I'm not going to ask the trainer this because it sounds retarded, but I'd like a bigger ass. I have skinny legs and a small bum I currently use two machines that burn the gluteus maximus baby... any non-machine exercises?

all will tell you, squats squats and more squats. w/ proper form of course. my girlfriend makes fun of me all the time because since she's met me my ass got bigger from actually training legs.

form is everything though, have your trainer fix your form for squats/deadlifts before anything.

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pretty much everything jenny mentioned i do and it works well. like others mentioned watch your form, i know the trainer is supposed to do that but i've seen too many trainers not address some issues.

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Originally posted by Ygrene I once saw Swamper peel off 4 or 5 $100 bills from a fat roll and say this to Donald Trump: "Go clean yourself up; you look like a bum.". And then he threw the bills right in Trump's face/hair! Then Swamper and his entourage of 30, who were all wearing TA monogramed Rolexes, left the room and flew to Hawaii for a few hours because Del wanted fresh coconut. To his defense, Trump didn't even really look like a bum.

I used to laugh at some of the trainers at my old gym, and think what a waste of money on behalf of the people paying for their advice.

some are a total waste of time for sure. at my current gym there are two older pudgy trainers that i wouldn't trust to do anything but take my money. none of their clients look good either so that says something.

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Originally posted by Ygrene I once saw Swamper peel off 4 or 5 $100 bills from a fat roll and say this to Donald Trump: "Go clean yourself up; you look like a bum.". And then he threw the bills right in Trump's face/hair! Then Swamper and his entourage of 30, who were all wearing TA monogramed Rolexes, left the room and flew to Hawaii for a few hours because Del wanted fresh coconut. To his defense, Trump didn't even really look like a bum.

to be fair i know a ton of those clients refuse to actually listen to their trainers, and i'm sure they eventually give up and let the clients run their own workouts out of frustration. the majority of gym-goers don't want to do the work to get results, they just want the satisfaction of being able to say they go to a gym, and work out. even if that means all they want to do is crunches to get that six pack.

if they only knew the best ab workout comes from doing core exercises like squats, deadlifts, even pullups.

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Yeah but when a trainer is fatter than you are, you should be smart enough to question their competency.

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Originally posted by Excess to be fair i know a ton of those clients refuse to actually listen to their trainers, and i'm sure they eventually give up and let the clients run their own workouts out of frustration. the majority of gym-goers don't want to do the work to get results, they just want the satisfaction of being able to say they go to a gym, and work out. even if that means all they want to do is crunches to get that six pack. if they only knew the best ab workout comes from doing core exercises like squats, deadlifts, even pullups.

a big part of their job is to motivate, if i were a trainer and this kept happening that shows there is something wrong with me too. trainters should be able to "trick" their clients into working out.

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Originally posted by Ygrene I once saw Swamper peel off 4 or 5 $100 bills from a fat roll and say this to Donald Trump: "Go clean yourself up; you look like a bum.". And then he threw the bills right in Trump's face/hair! Then Swamper and his entourage of 30, who were all wearing TA monogramed Rolexes, left the room and flew to Hawaii for a few hours because Del wanted fresh coconut. To his defense, Trump didn't even really look like a bum.

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Originally posted by Excess even if that means all they want to do is crunches to get that six pack.

best part is that crunches will never get you six pack abs. And I dunno about deadlifts, squats, etc building a stronger core. If anything you should do core-centric exercises along with those so that your body can keep up with the heavier weights. I'm not saying those exercises don't work the core, but imo they're not enough. I usually do either planks, leg raises or bicycles at the end of each workout just to strengthen the core up even more.

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Originally posted by Excess all will tell you, squats squats and more squats. w/ proper form of course. my girlfriend makes fun of me all the time because since she's met me my ass got bigger from actually training legs. form is everything though, have your trainer fix your form for squats/deadlifts before anything.

can't stress this enough. you could really injure yourself if you don't do deadlifts properly. definitely get a trainers advice on the form and then go from there yourself.

my 2 favourite exercises right now are the deadlift and overhead press for working the shoulders.

if i can find the article i'll post it up, it measured the amount of work put in by your abs during those exercises versus other 'ab' workouts. using a belt during squats/deadlifts also engaged the core even more. though leg raises were also up there. and bicycles are proven as another great core workout so i won't deny the usefulness of those exercises

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