Here’s How You Can Use Squats To Get a Tighter Booty, Lose Weight and Run Faster!

Squats can tune up your whole body including your booty and not only that, it can also help you to run faster and lose weight, significantly!

If you want to shape your booty

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Back-loaded squats better challenge your posterior chain and can help you to get a tighter booty. Two or three times per week, perform three to five sets of six to 10 reps. Avoid bouncing and using momentum, and focus on squeezing your glutes with every rep.

If you want to lose weight

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 You need high volume to amp the muscle-building, fat-burning effect which will help you to lose weight. Once or twice a week, perform six sets of five reps of a loaded squat (goblet or back) at 50 to 60 percent of the max weight. (Choose a load that feels challenging by the third rep of each set.)

If you want to run faster

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Build power with heavy front squats (75 percent of max weight), three to five sets of three to five reps. On other days, do Bulgarian split squats (a lunge in which your back leg is bent, foot on a bench), three sets of 10 per side. Do each once or twice weekly and you’ll be able to run faster, and faster.

Squats should never be marketed as one-size-fits-all. Nobody is anatomically perfect like Da Vinci’s diagrams. While you should play around with all types of squats, tweaking your form to accommodate your body’s restrictions, especially the build of your individual levers (a.k.a. your limbs), can make the move more suitable—and efficient—for you. Check out these eight types of squats:

1. Back Squat

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Best for- Short Torso
Holding a bar against your shoulders—particularly for those who are short to average height (5’4″)—better distributes weight to the posterior chain without overstressing your teeny lower back. It helps to lose weight achieve a great booty.

2. Dumbbell Squat

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Best for- Asymmetry
Holding a weight at each side as you lower into your squat helps you instantly spot and correct any side leaning: If one dumbbell is closer to the ground than the other, something is clearly off. Work on the evening out the weights and, in turn, your body.

3. Sumo Squat

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Best for- Tight Hips

Separating your feet more than shoulder-width apart and turning your toes outward help isolate the posterior chain and inner thigh area—and the width opens up room for your pelvis to dip low.

Also read: Kardashians Booty Pics Are Highly Misleading. Want to know why? Have a look!

4. Front(or Goblet) Squat

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Best for- Long Torso
More upper body means more likely to lean forward as you lower down which basically helps you to run faster. Holding a weight in front of you forces you to shift your own weight back (so you don’t fall over). It distributes the load equally between your glutes and hamstrings and your quads, making it a go-to among professionals.

5. Heel-Elevated Squat

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Best for- Flat Feet
The lack of an arch makes throwing your weight into your heels rather difficult. Lifting your heels can help redistribute weight backward, where it belongs, making each rep more effective.

3. Banded Squat

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Best for: Knee Valgus (when your knees rotate slightly inward)
Placing a looped resistance band around your thighs encourages you to assume a more parallel position. As the band pulls your knees in, your brain cues your hip muscles to work harder to counteract the movement.

7. Toes-Out Squat

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Best for- Long Legs
Pointing your toes out to 45 degrees (not as extreme as a sumo stance) can give your hips more space to squat lower, as a lengthy lower half makes it tougher to get close to the ground. (Be sure to keep your knees aligned with your middle toe.)

8. Box Squat

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Best for- Short Legs
Squatting to sit on the edge of a box or bench can ease you into a deeper stance than your legs will allow, and eliminate the fear of injury. (The bench is there to support you.)

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