Ladies, there’s more to your booties than simply being ‘curvy’ or ‘flat’! A lot of factors come together to mold your butt into one of four different butt shapes
- Square Buttocks (H-shaped)
- Round Buttocks (O-shaped)
- Pear Buttocks (A-shaped), or
- Inverted Buttocks (V-shaped).
If you’re determined to get a sculpted backside, you’ll need to exercise according to the current shape of your buttocks. Here’s a guide on working your way to make your buttocks bigger and more attractive than ever.
Specifically, we’ll dive into the following topics:
- What are the 4 different types of butt shapes
- What causes the different types of butt shapes
- Best exercises for your buttocks shapes
- How to style your buttocks according to your types
- how to shape your buttocks fast
- How to get rid of V-shaped bum
What Causes the Different Types of Butt Shapes?
One major factor that decides the shape of your bum is the form of your pelvis. Your pelvis is your hip bone, the basin-shaped bony framework underneath your buttocks.
Other factors that influence buttock shape are muscle tone and the amount of fat deposition. Fat deposition over your buttocks can be influenced by estrogen hormone levels, which is the primary hormone responsible for feminine physical characteristics.
Square Butt (“H” Shape)
A square-shaped butt is flat at the sides, with the hip bones located higher in a prominent fashion. Fat deposition over the love handles can cause this type of butt shape.
Seeing ‘hip dips’ with this butt shape is not uncommon since there are no curves at the sides.
Best Exercise for a Square Butt
Side leg raises are a good exercise for a square-shaped booty.
Lie down on your side with your body straight, one leg on top of the other. Lift the upper leg until it’s straight up, at 90 degrees to your other leg. Slowly let it down, and repeat equal times on each side.
How to Style a Square Butt
Ladies with square buttocks can rock a number of clothing options such as boy shorts, tangas, and bikinis. A thong can really bring out the best in a square-shaped bottom as well.
According to fashion experts at Women’s Health, pinstriped trousers can look great since the stripes can create an illusion of curves as they run down your waist to your hips. A-line shorts are another way to compensate for the lack of curves at the sides.
Some fashion ‘don’ts’ for this butt shape are panties that are loose but have elastic lining at the leg holes (wedgie alert!), low-rise jeans, and plain straight-legged trousers.
Round Butt (“O” Shape)
There’s not much to explain here – the O-shaped ‘bubble’ butt is spherical perfection. Fat is deposited equally all over the butt cheeks, rounded at the sides, for a full and perky appearance.
Best Exercise for a Round Butt
For these full and perky bums, sumo squats are a good exercise. Just stand with your feet apart and toes lifted at a 45-degree angle to the floor, then continue with a usual squat as you feel the burn in your glutes.
Hip bridges also work great for a round booty. Alternate those with 10-15 reps of sumo squats.
How to Style an O-Shaped Butt
Ladies with O-shaped buttocks are lucky to rock almost any kind of clothing since your buttocks themselves are in great shape. One problem you may face, however, is additional coverage.
Round buttocks have a tendency to cause frontal wedgies, since fabric meant for your crotch keeps getting pulled toward your backside. The ideal clothing for you would be anything with good coverage and stretchy fabric.
Pear-Shaped Butt (“A” Shape)
The most feminine butt shape is the pear-shaped butt, also called A-shaped or heart-shaped. Just FYI, this is the booty shape you’ve been most likely envying on celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez.
The general outline resembles a pear, with a narrow waist and more fat deposition at the lower part of your butt cheeks. A regular taper from your waistline to your hip is a characteristic feature of this bum shape.
Best Exercise for a Pear-Shaped Butt
A great exercise for pear-shaped curves are dumbbell side bends. Since this butt shape is mostly due to a narrow waist, keep it trim to maintain your curvy outlook.
You can use dumbbells weighing between 5 to 10 lbs for your side bends to effectively maintain a For working your buttocks, explosive lunges can provide a good boost to a heart-shaped derrière.
How to Style a Pear-Shaped Butt
Pear-shaped buttocks usually stem from fuller thighs, so anything you wear should have larger leg holes, firstly. High-waisted, brazilian-cut underwear or bikinis can be most comfortable on this butt shape while looking pleasing to the eye.
Inverted Butt (“V” Shape)
This is an inverted butt, with less fat at the lower side of the butt cheeks, and more fat toward the waist and midsection. It may stem from an unhealthy lifestyle, or from decreasing levels of estrogen due to aging.
The inverted butt shape is often associated with sagging as well.
Best Inverted Butt Shape Exercise
Step-up lunges may be your best bet in getting rid of an inverted, V-shaped booty. The powerful burn from a lunge coupled with added height as you step could give your glutes a boost and lift up that saggy bum over time!
How to Style an Inverted Bum
No high-cut leg holes for inverted booties, please! Go with underwear, boy shorts, or bikini bottoms that provide good coverage to the lower half of your butt cheeks for extra definition and a curvy appearance.
Since an inverted butt tends to appear saggy, underwear that cups its bottom part can flatter its appearance. Thongs may not be the ideal clothing to flatter a V-shaped butt since they exaggerate any sagging.
What Does the Shape of Your Buttocks Mean for Your Health?
Since one of the major determinants of buttock shape is the pattern of fat distribution, it can indicate certain things about your general health. Age also has an effect on the shape of your buttocks.
- A square-shaped butt could mean you’re storing fat even above your buttocks where it shouldn’t be. It is possible to have this buttock shape when you’re exercising your way to a sculpted booty. What you need is a healthy diet and exercise to get your buttocks to appear more rounded and lose the excess fat above them.
- A round butt indicates good health as well as great aesthetics! Everything is in good shape, with fat deposited equally all across, with even the upper part of the butt cheeks being full and perky.
- Pear-shaped, A-shaped, or heart-shaped buttocks are usually paired with narrow waists and fuller thighs. However, those with heart-shaped bums often tend to lose fat faster.
- Inverted or V-shaped buttocks may indicate aging and are more common in older people. This is due to a decrease in estrogen levels which causes fat over the buttocks to accumulate in other parts of the body instead. A V-shaped butt also often indicates unhealthy fat deposition around the waist.
How to Shape Your Buttocks Fast
While some ladies may not give a second thought to their buttock shape, self-conscious women may want a sculpted derrière to flaunt their curves to perfection. In case you’re wondering how to shape your buttocks fast, here are some proven ways to do so:
- Diet: Eat healthy, including nutritious foods like nuts, lean meat, whole grains, vegetables, and plenty of water. A balanced diet is the key to a healthy figure, especially when coupled with exercise.
- Work Out: There are many exercises to make buttocks bigger and more sculpted, and exercise is actually the most effective way to shape your buttocks naturally. Sweat your way to a shapely bottom!
- Wear Padded Undies: If you need a quick fix for a flat bum, you can try out the various kinds of shapewear available in the market. There is underwear with built-in padding, removable padding, and even entire body shapers for your torso that pad your breasts and buttocks while cinching the waist.
- Choose Bottoms Wisely: Your choice of jeans, trousers, or shorts can go a long way in making or breaking the outlook of your buttocks. Dress appropriately for your butt shape, and choose jeans that shape your buttocks well. Even butt-lifting jeans can do wonders for your appearance.
- (Don’t) Go Under the Knife: When it comes to ‘quick fixes’, plastic surgery has to be on the list. However, we don’t recommend it because of the high cost and potential complications.
While butt-enhancement pills and creams seem to be widely popular, we recommend against them since many of those have been proven to be scams. Pills can be outright dangerous, so it’s better to stick to natural and effective ways like diet and exercise for a sculpted bottom.
How to Get Rid of a V-Shaped Bum
A V-shaped bum can be a cause for concern since it indicates unhealthy deposition of fat around your waistline while creating an unflattering, narrow, or sagging butt shape.
Eat healthy while limiting your calorie intake and do exercises for a smaller waist to make your buttocks more prominent. Step-ups and rotating lunges are great exercises to round off a V-shaped, sagging bottom.
Butt Shapes – Which one are you?
So, which butt shapes are you? Do you have any experience on the best exercise for your butt shape? Or, how to get rid of your unwanted shape?
Share your experience below.