Today I bring you a YouTube workout video featuring my favorite butt toning moves inspired by Bar Method (or Barre) and Physique 57 exercise classes. For the past year, these type of workouts have been my favorite for tightening up trouble areas. While I have larger quads than I’d like, these exercises help target and lift the booty without creating bigger thighs! This video features Lauren Hefez, who is my friend and a favorite instructor here in Boston who never ceases to make me smile during class. She is always this bubbly!
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Here is the workout below as well:
Lift and Lower: Holding on to the back of a chair or bench, extend left leg long behind you with a pointed toe. Lift leg up as high as you can, give your glute a squeeze and lower down. Repeat 16x. After, keep your leg lifted, flex foot and pulse for another count of 16 at the very top really squeezing into your booty!
Bend Presses: Keep leg lifted and slightly open your hips. Bend leg slightly and press out as straight as your leg will go. Repeat 16x
Standing Donkey Kicks: Take a large step back from the bar or chair. Fold over the top and allow head to rest on hands and forearms rest on the back of the chair. With left leg bent at 90 degrees, raise it up as high as you can go and lower back down keeping knee bent. Squeeze glute at the top. Repeat 16x. Keep foot as high as you can go and pulse for 16 more counts, keeping foot flexed entire time.
Circles: With left leg still bent and at the top, draw 8 circles to the left with your knee, repeat to the right all while thigh is as close to parallel with the ground as possible.
Repeat these 4 exercises on the right side!
Plie Jumps: Begin in sumo squat position. Lower down so that your pelvis stays tucked and your chest remains open, try not to let chest collapse forward. Lower down into a squat and jump back up, clicking heels in mid-air and back into a jump squat. Perform 10 jumps.
Repeat this sequence 3 or 4 more times for an awesome glute burning workout!!!
Have you tried Barre Burn, The Bar Method, Core Fusion at Exhale or Physique 57? Are you as in love as I am? Why or why not?
Okay, I’ll admit it…I had big plans to sit on my butt all evening long, until I saw this video. Now I’m going to WORK OUT my butt instead! I’m so excited to start these exercises. Thanks for the motivation, Sarah (and Lauren)!
Awesome video…thanks!!! I’m so excited that is finally warming up, motivates me even more to workout.
great video! and i love that it is something you can do outside too! looking forward to seeing some more of these 🙂
I haven’t tried any of the above workouts but I am moving to Boston in 2 weeks and I’m excited to scope out a Barre class!! I’ve been dying to try one for so long. Do you have any suggestions of where to go?
Looking forward to trying this video!
Great post. I did the video right after I finished reading! Really great routine. Will repeat 🙂
Great exerciese, I can’t wait to give them a try.
I would love to try the Barre class-- anything to lift the booty!
I love this workout! It’s so quick, but so effective. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for this great, easy to follow video. I am on a mission this winter to get my butt in better shape. I bookmarked this and will repeat.
My butt needs this! Thanks for sharing this awesome workout!