For the fitness people - what exercises should I do to reduce the size of my butt?

[Anonymous]

I've been running and doing squats but they actually made it bigger so I'm trying to find other exercises/routines to make it smaller? Slimmer?
I'm not trying to fish or anything - it's just like, the dresses and long tanks I have are becoming obscenely short on me now and it's bad. All my shirts ride up above my hip now too, wtf. Anyways help would be appreciated.

[SmoMan]

You can't target weight reduction in a single part of your body despite what hundreds of "diet" products may try to tell you. A lot of it may just be your genetics and there is not much you can do about that. At least not anytime in the foreseeable future.

However there is one thing that may help. think of the difference between a sprinter and a distance runner. Bulk on the sprinter, lean muscle on the distance runner. This is because strength will give you bulk and endurance will give you leaner muscles. Think more weight for strength , more reps for endurance.

[Asker]

Yeah... lol Google pretty much told me to run and stuff so that's what I've been doing but it did the opposite. I thought maybe the fitness savvy people here might be able to provide some insight as well.
I'm not too sure what you mean by reps though... should I be lifting or something?

[SmoMan]

Repetitions, doing it over and over again. 12-15 times is usually what people will say if you are shooting for lean muscle. As opposed to 8-10 for bulky muscles. Having a big butt is not really a bad thing. lots of people like it although I guess like you said it could be a problem with your clothing.

[Asker]

Squats I do in sets of 20 sporadically throughout the day... I'm not too sure how to translate that to jogging though... like run for 10 minutes and then not run and then do that a few times in a row? That's kinda what i do now.
Sorry if I sound dumb, I'm absolutely stupid when it comes to fitness related things.

And I know, I've seen the posts on this site. But it's just a hassle for me, cuz while the upper torso remains moderately small... the lower half... yeah. RIP, previous somewhat fast metabolism.

[SmoMan]

I would call what you are doing during your running more like "wind sprints" which will build more bulk. Anything over a mile run I would say is long enough distance to work endurance. Do you have access to an elliptical machine? Doing a few miles on one with a steady pace every other day could help.

[Asker]

Oh. No. Wind sprints sound so cool. I get what you're saying though - I should pace myself for longer periods of time. I don't have access to a gym, lol, that's why I'm kinda limited to the machines I can use. But it makes sense, it's just hard because running slow is boring. I guess that's inherent or something. Maybe I'm just a sprinter. Lol.

[SmoMan]

Personally I am a fan of muscular girls but I totally get that not everyone is. Depending on your budget you can get a decent elliptical machine for about $200 for your home.

[Flex4Ever]

Lose weight overall and stop doing glute exercises.

[LaBellaNena415]

You need to do cardio, your ass is mainly fat so dropping your overall bodyfat % will help reduce your butt size

[happygirl2]

I do side planks and horse kicks, that firmed me up