If you're bored with basic squats and lunges, here are some new moves for working your backside. To start targeting your glutes, grab an exercise ball, weights, and a resistance band — your backside will be in tip-top shape in no time!
Whether on the ball or outside on the bench, the elevated split squat (aka Bulgarian split squat) really works your butt.
Lying on your belly and doing double leg lifts really works your hamstrings, booty, and back. You'll be in superhero strength in no time!
A great move for the butt and core — double win!
All you need is a bench, curb, or sturdy chair to do the step-up.
For a more advanced version, you can kick the left knee up as you step up.
Adding arm work to this glute- and inner thigh-toner makes this a time-saving full-body move.
Without a kettlebell, you can do this exercise anywhere, but adding weight makes this exercise more effective and challenging.
Since this move requires no equipment, you really have no excuse to skip it! For a bigger burn, flex your butt for five seconds at the top of each move, or hold a yoga block between your knees as shown.
This side-kick exercise looks like an old-school move, but this exercise targets muscles that give your butt that lifted look.
Grab a BOSU band and try this targeted move.
The classic squat is a great exercise for toning the derriere, and when you add a jump, the move becomes more effective. Jumping also increases your heart rate to burn even more calories — bonus!
Shake up your squat routine with the pulsing plié squat, which targets glutes and inner thighs.
A do-anywhere exercise, try standing booty kicks the next time you're brushing your teeth.
This exercise-ball move is great for working the core, too.
Here's a move that'll not only work your booty but also your hamstrings and quads.
Doing these plank leg-lifts on an exercise ball further challenges your balance to help strengthen your core while you work your backside.
Squats are one of the most effective ways to target your backside. Holding dumbbells makes them a little more challenging.
Evolve your basic donkey kick into a full-body move. Working your glutes and hamstrings in an elbow plank will work your core. Toning your abs and your behind with one move is a win-win in my book.
It might be basic, but the squat is one of the best moves you can to do to tone your backside.
This sideways lunge will target your outer tush as well as your inner thighs.
The Superman ball lift is a butt-challenging variation on your standard Superman.
In this pose, the glute muscles lift that leg up and hold it so it remains parallel to the floor. Talk about a workout.
A favorite core exercise for runners, this move works your hamstrings, low back, and glutes.
Feel the burn with this move — your butt and outer thighs will be feeling it in no time!
Widening your stance while doing squats will target your glutes differently and will also tone your thighs.
A great move for your core, butt, and legs!