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How do you lose belly fat and make your waist smaller while growing your glutes?
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Anonymous 12w

You can’t target fat in a specific location. You just need to be in a small deficit while working out and eating enough protein to avoid losing as much muscle as possible. Overall body fat will decrease everywhere and it’s just genetic where your fat collects on your body.

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Anonymous 12w

Eat in a caloric deficit while still getting around 0.8-1g of protein per lb of bw. Don’t eat in too big of a deficit however, and make sure you’re getting enough sleep. Priortize glutes at the beginning of your leg day, hip thrusts/rdls with machine/cable abductions are enough, but you could also add step ups or kickbacks.

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Anonymous 12w

250 deficit, train close to failure 2-3x a week for 2-3 sets

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Anonymous 12w

you focus on the belly fat and your glutes will naturally look bigger by comparison

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 12w

For the abduction machine, I would recommend using a one second pause at the top and bottom of the movement, as it’s very easy to use sloppy form. However, this could used for any of the other exercises I mentioned, but it’s especially important on these as improper form on machine abductions can lead to piriformis syndrome in some cases.

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