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If you're trying to shape your hips, buns and thighs, these links provide everything you ever wanted to know about your lower body. Includes workouts, exercise, FAQ's and the truth about shaping your body.
Butt Exercises
Are you happy with your butt? Most of us aren't. They're too small, too big, too saggy, too flabby...this list goes on. The right cardio exercise and weight training activities (like squats and deadlifts) can make a difference in your backside and help you get those buns of steel. Find out the best cardio and strength training exercises for strengthening and firming up your rear.
Cathe Friedrich's Butts & Guts
Cathe Friedrich's workout, Butts & Guts isn't for the faint of heart. This tough, long workout targets every muscle of the lower body including the gluts, hips and thighs as well as all the muscles of the core. Check out my review to learn more and find out if this workout is worth trying.
Abs, Hips & Thighs - Medicine Ball Training
This workout offers sample exercises targeting the abs, hips and thighs using a medicine ball and a stability ball.
Squats for the Buns, Hips and Thighs
This image gallery shows a wide variety of squats targeting the buns, hips and thighs for all levels of fitness. Some exercises include chair squats, barbell squats, one-legged squats, ball squats and more. Check them out and learn new ways to work your buns.
Book Review: The Little Butt & Thighs Workout Book
The Little Butt & Thighs Workout Book offers strength training workouts and exercise advice for people looking to trim down and get stronger. Learn more in my review of The Little Butt & Thighs Workout Book
FAQ's About Your Butt
Whether you want your fanny to be big or small, you'll find answers to all your burning butt questions.
Hips, Butt & Thighs
This workout includes advanced exercises that involve working one leg at a time such as one-legged squats and leg lifts. The lunge is a unique variation on traditional lunges in which you use a paper plate as a slide to target a muscles you never knew you had.
Legs
This workout is a take-off of the Lower Body Blast (listed below) but includes more exercises for the outer and inner thighs. Use this workout when you have more time and want to really work those legs!
Lower Body Blast
This workout includes pictures and descriptions of 9 great lower body exercises including squats, deadlifts, lunges, plie squats and more.
Shaping Your Buns
If you're ready to work your butt, this is the place to start. Learn about the large muscles of your lower body, what they do and the best way to firm them up!
Short Lower Body Workout
This lower body workout is short and targets all the muscles of the hips, butt and thighs. After six weeks, switch to the Lower Body Blast to progress.
Top Ten Butt Exercises
If you're curious about the most effective exercises for your hips, butt and thighs, check out the top ten best butt exercises. Includes descriptions and pictures.
Workout For Your Butt
These exercises target all the muscles of the legs, but focus specifically on your bootie. The one-leg focus will really work your glutes.

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