Gym on Sidechat | So I’m trying to lose weight especially with my love handles- I have already lost 35 pounds! But now I also want to gain muscle in my glutes. Is that possible. Do u have to be a calorie surplus? can’t my body use my fat to build muscle in my glutes? 😐

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Gym 44w

So I’m trying to lose weight especially with my love handles- I have already lost 35 pounds! But now I also want to gain muscle in my glutes. Is that possible. Do u have to be a calorie surplus? can’t my body use my fat to build muscle in my glutes? 😐

Anonymous 44w

You can build muscle without being in a Caloric surplus but it’s harder. You need to have a high protein intake and do glute focused movements like rdls or weighted glute bridges preferably in high rep sets to failure

Anonymous 44w

You just need to use glute exercises within a hypertrophic range so higher rep schemes

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Anonymous 44w

Unless you’ve been lifting for many years your glutes will grow while you’re losing weight so long as you are eating enough protein and targeting them with high weight and high intensity.

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#1 44w

Babes I understood like half of the words u said I’m a beginner can u explain it to me like I’m a dummy pls 😭

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OP 44w

Do multiple sets with high reps that train that muscle. Make sure you are making the sets difficult towards the end range while maintaining form, not just to the point of mild discomfort.

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OP 44w

Ok so do some lunges, glute bridges, or goblet squats for the layout 2 just provided

Anonymous 44w

I agree with your take but you left out some of the nuance to low reps high intensity training. By doing a lower number of reps you reduce the volume in one workout in order to lower fatigue so you can increase workout frequency. If you go down the route of lower rep higher intensity sets you should be hitting that muscle group multiple times per week