Your Best Butt Ever

I agree with the comments below, posted by aregulargymguy, and I've been training for 13 years (29 yrs now) and I'm also studying for my certification as an aerobic instructor.  I do not feel as though the exercises shown here are the most effective and I have buns of steel!!!  What about Tamilee Webb (sp.?) and her workout or Billy Blank, it works!!!

THANKS  :)

I don't understand why a so called expert personal trainer would recommend such a homogenous group of exercises, non of which fully engage the posterior muscle chain. 

Even though squats primarily work the quadriceps, there is no question that they are an effective exercise for tightening your glutes, as squats stimulate several muscle groups if done properly and with a full range of motion.  Where this workout loses me is that it is nothing but squat variations and one lunge exercise.   It would make much more sense to do a few sets of squats sticking with the traditional movement that allows you to safely lift the most weight.  Then, incorporate some stiff legged dead lifts or Romanian dead lifts and/or good mornings.  All of these exercises target the entire posterior muscles, glutes, hamstrings calves and lower back.  Another effective exercise would be some type of weighted step up movement.

Unfortunately, this article validates my suspicion that many personal trainers are more interested in featuring cutesy variations of core movements instead of focusing on the tried and true, multi jointed exercises that, while not original, have been proven to yield the best results.