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5 Minutes a Day to a Better Butt

A Fitness Plan to Improve Your Rear View

-- By Nicole Nichols, Certified Personal Trainer
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A strong, toned butt doesn't just look good. It also improves your athletic performance in countless ways. Whether you're looking to build strength or boost your bottom line, I developed this simple and effective plan that's easy to fit into your lifestyle in just 5 minutes per day!

Add these simple moves to your workout routine and you'll improve your rear view in a matter of weeks. This plan combines some fat-burning Tabata-style intervals along with targeted toning moves for best results. Along with a healthy diet (and additional cardio when you can fit it in), you'll see a stronger, more toned physique in no time!

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About The Author

Nicole Nichols Nicole Nichols
Nicole was named "America's Top Personal Trainer to Watch" in 2011. A certified personal trainer and fitness instructor with a bachelor's degree in health promotion and education, she loves living a healthy and fit lifestyle and helping others do the same. Her DVDs "Total Body Sculpting" and "28 Day Boot Camp" (a best seller) are available online and in stores nationwide. Read Nicole's full bio and blog posts.

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Member Comments

  • DELLMEL
    Thanks for the article. I will try this to help with the butt. - 5/2/2013 9:20:48 AM
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  • PAMLICO-DAZE
    So going to do these exercises! - 2/20/2013 12:03:35 PM
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  • LORAINIL
    I have a herniated disk in my lower back which causes problems with my knees - there is no way I can do a lot of these exercises without putting my back out. I would like some ideas on exercises I can do. I workout 5 days a week between the elliptical, walking on the treadmill, and also the stair stepper machine. - 2/20/2013 10:10:38 AM
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  • AVEMARIA1
    On the butt exercies should you do 3 sets on each leg one at atime or should you alternate sets? - 2/20/2013 8:52:10 AM
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  • SWIMMERMOM55
    Really love these exercises and they are making a difference. But I wish the proper name for the exercises had been included so I could add them to the fitness tracker. Anyone know what some of them are called? - 9/10/2012 10:43:30 AM
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  • MEMEJ4
    This is great, I do these and more, but every other day. Is it o.k. to work this area everyday like abs?
    My current set is cardio & abs S.T.Th and weights & allover toning M.W.F off on Saturday

    Meme - 8/14/2012 9:36:27 PM
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  • THEBETH69
    Awesome article. - 6/13/2012 3:28:43 PM
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  • MRSSUCESS
    Revise that last comment. My daughter printed it for me by clicking the wrench in the top right corner of the tool bar. From there I followed the prompts and now have a copy of the article. - 6/13/2012 1:39:55 PM
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  • MRSSUCESS
    To everyone that is having trouble printing this article try to e-mail it to your self and print it from there. That is what I had my daughter do for me. Good luck!! - 6/13/2012 1:29:16 PM
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  • BRIDETOBE123
    What do you do with your lifted leg on Monday? - 6/13/2012 11:26:51 AM
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  • MI-ELLKAYBEE
    I tried and tried to print this page, but I could not get the descriptions of the Friday and Saturday - or any part of Sunday to print. Page 1 was bland except for the title, page two had Monday through Thursday, page three had the copy at the bottom of the article. I'm so disappointed because I really need this. And I can do all of these exercises - I just want to have the descriptions and I have no room to work out where my computer is located. How can I get a complete print out? - 6/13/2012 10:18:34 AM
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  • LORI815
    Thanks Goodlookin for showing me how to save this! Can't wait to try it and can't believe that I've been looking at those tabs this whole time and never noticed them! LOL! - 6/13/2012 7:34:05 AM
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  • MORGANMAY92
    Gonna try this once I get a stability ball :D excited! - 6/7/2012 4:31:56 PM
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  • GOODLOOKIN69
    To save this to my favourites all I did was hit the SAVE button on the left side of my screen. It's with the facebook, print and other ones. - 5/19/2012 5:46:18 PM
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  • BMW9295
    What about Links to the videos? Where do we find those? How can we add these to our fitness trackers? - 5/19/2012 2:40:50 PM
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