Fitness sensation Anna Victoria is known for her HIIT workouts [1] that will have you feeling extremely accomplished and seeing major results in no time. After leading a 45-minute, booty-focused workout to kick off her Anna Victoria x K-DEER collection [2], Anna chatted with POPSUGAR about all things booty. She told POPSUGAR, "Booty is my favorite because I was not blessed with one naturally [3]. If I wasn't born with it, I'm going to build it." If you're like Anna and feel like you didn't get blessed in the booty department, don't worry — you can always build a sexy booty. Here are Anna's go-to moves to build a strong, round booty.
Traditional Bridge Exercise
- On your mat, lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Be sure and keep your feet underneath your knees, not in front. Plant your palms by each side, face down.
- Raise your hips up to the ceiling, tensing your abs and squeezing your butt as you do. You should be making a long diagonal line with your body, from shoulders to knees.
- Hold for a few seconds, making sure your spine doesn't round and your hips don't sag. Keep your abs and butt muscles engaged.
- Lower down to the ground; this is considered one rep.
Sumo Squat
- Stand with your feet wide, toes pointing out. Bend your knees, lowering your hips deeply, so your thighs are parallel with the floor. Make sure to keep your weight back in your heels.
- Then rise back up, straightening the legs completely and squeezing the glutes at the top of the movement to get the most from the exercise.
- This completes one rep.
Stiff-Leg Deadlifts
- Stand holding a pair of medium-weight dumbbells in each hand, arms at your sides, with your knees slightly bent.
- Keeping your arms straight and knees slightly bent, slowly bend at your hip joint, not your waist, and lower the weights as far as possible without rounding your back, which should remain straight. Looking forward, not at the ground, will help you avoid rounding your back. Keep the weights close to, almost touching, your legs.
- Squeeze your glutes to slowly pull yourself up. Be sure not to use your back or round your spine!
- This completes one rep.