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I was scrolling through my Instagram and saw a fitness lady post a picture of her booty.  She stated that she wasn’t posting a before pic and we’d all have to take her word for it about how bad it was.  She has two kids, so I believe her.  That got me to thinking about my own booty.  I honestly can’t wait until I get it to how I want it to look so I can show you the dramatic before and after!  Even right now it might slightly be impressive compared to my before picture (6 months after having baby #3), but there is no way in hades I would post it yet.

My booty is my biggest problem area and apparently the place my fat clings to the tightest.  I have noticed that I loose weight in my stomach first and boobs (*sniff sniff*) and then last to let go is my thighs.  I have side fat on my thighs I am aiming to loose along with this weird pocket of fat under my cheek I lovingly refer to as my “Second butt”.  I have noticed the second butt is getting smaller so yippie for that!

My booty has a long way to go and it is my biggest motivation.  Back when I was in about 9th grade I read this book called ‘Thin Thighs in 30 Days’ and religiously did the exercises in the book combined with running in place (we didn’t have a treadmill and our street was really short).  My legs were thin but I had no muscle, so I was just skinny fat.  I kept my thighs thin until I got married at 18 and then my weight increased about 15 lbs. within the first few months.  After I had kids, you could say I had my mom’s legs and all hope was lost…..or so I thought.  I began to notice that there were really in shape women that had had children and sometime’s looked even better than they did before!  So I am 3 months into this and my legs are stronger than they have ever been, with me squatting 135 lbs 4X (my maximum so far) 2 weeks ago!  I also Romanian deadlifted 140 lbs. thinking I was lifting 130 lbs! (Obviously I’m no mathematician.)  I have even been doing my lunges holding a 35 or 45 lb. plate.  I started lifting the 35 lb. plate over my head for at least the first half of my lunges.  It’s super hard but I want to get to where I can do this the whole time and with a 45 lb. plate.

My favorite leg exercises are:

10, 8, 6 reps (increasing the weight if possible)

• Weighted squats
• Romanian deadlift (straight leg)
• Weighted lunges
• Deadlift

Those are my go to 4 exercises.

If I’m really feeling good or want a harder workout I’ll add in some extras.

• Plie squats
• Overhead squats (holding a bar over head) HATE these!
• Wide stance squats
• Glute bridge  (To make this easier on my body I purchased a pool noodle to wrap around the bar so it doesn’t dig in)
• Bulgarian split leg squats
• Duck squats

Before beginning any exercise routine, always talk to your doctor. Naturally Jenn will not be held responsible for anyone not getting professional advice before using this workout routine.