How to Tone Your Glutes Without Doing a Single Squat

There are more perks to a well-toned booty than you think; having strong gluteal muscles will help improve your posture, they can reduce lower back pain, prevent injury and improve athletic performance.

Traditional squats are one of the most commonly known exercises to tone a derriere (just google ‘squat challenge’ for a million and one squat-specific workout plans), but in case committing to 30 days of repeated squats doesn’t appeal to you, we asked F45 Master Trainer, Ann Marie Meeks, to share some alternative exercises that will really put your glutes and surrounding muscles to work.

Hip Thrusters

Ensure you’re squeezing your glutes with each thrust, and consider adding weights for more of a challenge.

Ice Skaters

Activate your glutes, use your arms for momentum, and get your heart pumping.

Frog Stomp

Technically a squat position, but instead, maintain a ninety-degree angle and alternate lifting your legs.

Lateral Jumps

Create an imaginary wall to jump over and increase difficulty by adding weights or hopping from one leg to the other.

Plank Variations

Turn on your side and lift your top leg to activate your glutes.

Single Leg Dead Lifts

Hinge at the hips and keep one leg lifted high to really feel the burn. Add a weight when you’re ready for a challenge.