So I've been doing lots of Pilates and hiking this year. Went from 140 to 115 pounds (I'm 5'7'', 27 years old). Glad for the weight loss (feeling firm instead of squishy now), except I've completely lost butt! It's so flat now, pretty much non existent. Also butt is the one area that still isn't as firm as I desire.
Strange because Pilates definitely targets the glutes. Whenever I read about exercises that build your butt, I see all the same kind of exercises I do in Pilates classes. So I can only assume it's a genetics or nutrition issue. It's difficult to tell because I haven't been professionally tested, but I'm guessing body fat percentage is around 17% (varies based on what online calculator I use) but I have small muscles in general. Is this the problem?
I know spot training doesn't work, so if i change regimen will I get more muscular all over? That's something I don't really want.
Lost butt from exercise??
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Re: Lost butt from exercise??
Well there things you can do, but it's likely it happened partly down to the fat loss and possibly some muscle loss, if you cut calories, but also cut Protein intake significantly as well, as you wouldn't getting as much BCAA, (Branch Chain Amino Acids), in your diet to help preserve all the muscle you had, if you had significantly reduced Protein intake.
Exercises you could so include, Squats, Lunges, Bulgarian Split Squats, Step-Ups, Glute Raises, (an exercise involving attaching a cable to an ankle), which may be difficult without the necessary equipment.
Those are examples of exercises that would work.
Gaining more muscle is not a bad thing in females. It's can be natural, healthy and good looking, providing the methods used are not dangerous, I.E. using bad lifting technique, risky exercise choices, too much weight etc.
So it could be a few things that have caused what you described, but if you can work out what it is then those one or more things can be corrected and you can reverse the problem you're describing.
Exercises you could so include, Squats, Lunges, Bulgarian Split Squats, Step-Ups, Glute Raises, (an exercise involving attaching a cable to an ankle), which may be difficult without the necessary equipment.
Those are examples of exercises that would work.
Gaining more muscle is not a bad thing in females. It's can be natural, healthy and good looking, providing the methods used are not dangerous, I.E. using bad lifting technique, risky exercise choices, too much weight etc.
So it could be a few things that have caused what you described, but if you can work out what it is then those one or more things can be corrected and you can reverse the problem you're describing.