Plenty of scientific research has confirmed that the top 5 “first things you look at in a woman or a man” include…. their butt!
The glutes are actually a group of three muscles (gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus) that keep your back straight so that your body remains upright.
The gluteus maximus is the most powerful muscle in the human body, as well as the biggest and strongest.
So, what can you do to strengthen and tone them?
Swimming, aqua fit classes and bodyweight exercises
There are various ways to improve your buttocks and swimming is certainly one of them.
As well as being the best-known and most popular swim stroke, the freestyle’s smooth leg kick allows you to work on your glutes constantly to strengthen and tone them up.
Using your arms ensures you have a balanced workout divided up evenly between your upper and lower body.
On the other hand, the circular movements of the breaststroke allow you to focus on developing your gluteus medius (i.e. the muscle in the top-outside part of your bottom), but be careful: this can be hard on your knees and back if you are not careful.
If you want to really “destroy” your B side, you can swim 1000 m (i.e. 40 laps) of a 25-metre pool with the help of a board.
If you decide to try…
