The basic squat is a great butt-blaster. But since you want results fast, take it up a notch and add a leg lift to the side to incorporate your gluteus medius on the side. Trainer Tania Amthor says we mostly work the maximus, when our glutes are actually made up of three parts.

Tania Amthor/Instructor at Crunch Gym in Miami says “you’re going to have minimus, it’s very small, up around here..the medius is your rotator…that kind looks like a little ball right here, and the maximus which is located on the bottom.” 

Lunges with a rear leg lift will tone your maximus, minimus and hamstrings, and explosive plyometric lunges and squats will recruit even more muscle fibers for some serious toning benefits. But if this doesn’t look like fun to you, Fitness director Lisa Goldstein says there’s are other options. 

“Sports like basketball, roller hockey, in-line skating and volleyball really work the lower body and will go a long way in helping you firm up those glutes.”

So get moving now…and you’ll have a tighter butt this summer. For Fitness Magazine, I’m Bonnie Kaye.