This Thread is About Butts.

okay, so:

high reps/low weights = gain more muscle mass (bigger)
low reps/high weights = get more firm (smaller)

am i correct insofar?

granted, if i wanted a large, protruding butt, would i perform high reps with low weights of squats and deadlifts? this would also make my thigh/hip region larger, wouldn't it?

 Define high reps.

 Actually - if you train within the powerlifter/strength range of 1-5 reps, you'd increase neural drive and muscle recruitment, but due to the limited time under tension you wouldn't necessarily cause much of anything in the way of myofibrillar hypertrophy. You'd increase neurogenic tone though, so you'd look harder at the same weight/size.

 If you train in the slightly higher bracket of 6-8 reps you'd see more myofibrillar hypertrophy, while in the 8-12 range you'd see both myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic hypertrophy, in the 12-16 rep range you'd see more sarcoplasmic hypertrophy and strength endurance, and in anything above 16-20 reps you wouldn't see anything in the way of hypertrophy or strength gains, though you'd increase strength endurance.

 Up until you go for the whole ultra-high rep/lactic acid-mediated growth hormone release style of training that Charles Poliquin sometimes uses - 10 sets of 10 reps each for German Volume Training, for example. That style of training is something you'd only do a couple times a year for 3-4 weeks though, it's so CNS-intense that you're flirting with overtraining the whole time and I really don't think it's a terribly useful program until you've had 3-4 years or more of lifting experience behind you.

 If you wanted to build up the glutes, you'd mostly pick a deadlift variation(stiff-legged, for preference) and perhaps a lunge variation to assure equal developement between the sides. Seriously heavy for hardness, medium-heavy for muscle :)

 (Note that rep ranges are just that - you use a weight that you can't physically lift for more than the prescribed number of reps. and then try to do more anyway. If you're going for the 8-12 rep range and make 13 reps, it's time to increase the weight you're using :)

melkor, i have to say - i'm honored that i received a reply from you. i see your posts everywhere and i'm always left in awe. you are legend.

*blushes* :)

I love butt threads, I want mine a lil higher and bigger, that is all.

amayou82, want some of mine? hahaha, I always say that to people who want bigger butts. My measurements around the body at my bum put it at 43 inches. Woo boy.

I really wish you could spot burn fat.

Yea I have nooooo booty. But I have been doing alot of squats, sumo squats, deadlifts, and such to give the illusion that I have a booty :)