Another A-shape; you can see how fat stored on the outer thighs just below the butt give an overall heart/pear shape here: Another H-shaped butt, again due to a wider pelvis which means the waist doesn’t taper towards the butt as smoothly: Men’s butts are inherently different to women’s – due to a whole host of reasons (skeletal frame, muscles, fat distribution), you don’t typically find a guy’s butt that is shaped like women’s. We started with a Wellness athlete, so it only felt right to wrap up the list with a wellness pro. Ayala started her bodybuilding career in the bikini division but switched to wellness when it debuted in the IFBB Pro League in 2021. In general, for most people who do not do specific glute training, muscle does not contribute a lot to butt shape as the glutes are generally underdeveloped in most people.

I would recommend starting out by making sure you can activate your glutes properly (many people can’t). Glute bridges and clamshells are a good place to start.Having clear goals is a great start! It’s very hard to say what is achievable as everyone is different. For example, without seeing you, your H shape could be due to fat or due to the bone structure of your hips, or a combination of both. Your skeleton is not really changeable, but your fat distribution is something we can work with. Butts – they come in all kinds of shapes and sizes! What Causes the Different Types of Butt Shapes? This particular shape is caused by either higher more prominent hip bones (you may even have hip dips), or a distribution of fat in the ‘love handle’ area. The overall effect is that the butt looks square shaped and is closer to appearing as a straight up-and-down right below your waist, rather than tapering to the waist with a smooth curve. Knowing where you stand right now, and comparing this to where you want to be, is critical when it comes to setting goals and developing a plan to achieve them. Creating your best butt ever is no different, so let’s get educated! The heart or pear shape is generally considered to be the most feminine of the butt shapes, and is a result of fat distribution around lower portion of the butt and thighs. This results in a more tapered look from the waistline to the bottom of the butt (hence the “A” shape or ‘upside down heart’ description).

I really would recommend the book “ Strong Curves” by Bret Contreras to you, as it talks about muscle building (specifically for a bigger booty!) in more detail, is aimed towards beginners yet does not gloss over details, and also includes several workout plans that could get you started. Have a look and let me know what you think! A second product that might suit you is Gluteus to the Maximus. Both are geared towards getting a bigger butt through building up your gluteal muscles. Recent butt-trends (yes, I recently discovered this is a thing) have been all about getting a bigger booty/peach, but it may be possible that since 2018 the big butt trend is starting to lose steam. Classsic H-shape, due to a little bit of fat distribution in the ‘love handle’ area – with some hip dip: Fitness Volt is committed to providing our readers with science-based information. We use only credible and peer-reviewed sources to support the information we share in our articles. This round and bubbly butt could almost be an O-shape, but I think the waist tapers into the butt more like an A-shape, giving that classic heart shape:Many people forget about the butt when it comes to exercise. Since it is so often underworked (as a muscle group), it’s extremely surprising what some good butt-targeting exercises can do to your behind. I mean that in a good way! Ayala has some of the densest lower bodies in the professional circuit. Her latest win came at the 2022 Boston Pro, where she dealt an upset to the 2021 Wellness Olympiarunner-up Angela Borges. How We Decided First off, a really good cataloguing system for female butt shapes ought to be able to encompass nearly all of the shapes that occur (excluding any specifically caused by medical abnormalities or injury). Second, there ought to be clear enough distinctions between categories to allow for consistent differentiation. Some plastic surgeons list the four types you have articulated, but others use five, basically dividing your “A type” into “A type” and “Inverted heart,” the latter being somewhat fuller at the base than the former. You are right that no one type is exclusive to any racial or ethnic group, but one type or another can be more prevalent in a particular racial or ethnic group. You are also right that some butt shapes mix characteristics of two categories or fall at the boundary between the two and are therefore difficult to precisely categorize. That said, four categories do not really adequately cover the range of possibilities that exist. You stated in one response that you had a hard time finding examples of large butts that clearly illustrated one of the four categories. If there are many examples of butts that do not readily fit into the categorizing system, that is a problem with the system.

There are also things like ‘magic leggings’ that can really flatter your butt. These types of clever garments are simply the best for flattering what you’ve got with little effort required.To fight that H-shape, try to include exercises that will work the sides of your butt to round out your shape from your love handles a bit – for example: curtsey lunges, clamshells, fire hydrants, L-sit side lying leg raises. At the same time, if you are able to reduce those love handles (though I fully understand how stubborn they are!!!) this will also help to round out your shape so your waist transitions nicer to your butt. No two butts are created equal, and if you’ve ever looked around at the variety of bottoms are out there, it shouldn’t surprise you to learn that there is such a thing as different butt shapes. Knowing which butt shape you have can be important because you may not have the butt that you want right now. As such, there don’t seem to be categories for men’s butt shapes like there are for women’s – not that I’ve come across yet anyway.