THE LITHE BOOTY. 27 Jan 2009

 

So, Erin asked a great question. The reason that we don't use heavy weights to achieve the Lithe Booty and large muscle groups is because with Lithe, we use isometrics, repetitions and our own body weight during our trademarked sequences to shape the body. Our large muscle groups work as our fat burners!

We work the glutes in three special pelvic positions and then we use them as stabilizers (that's all I can divulge). It's all about anatomy. You all can feel the way we work up the leg and around the body at the barre. EVERYTHING is always working.  To simply lift heavy weights to lift and tone the butt is just too simple to hit everything and get that desired lithe booty. 

Check out the diagram above. See how everything is connected and the glutes run into the IT Band and down the length of the leg laterally? When we work the glutes, hamstring and IT-Band, we work them long and work them from many directions and then attack the gluteal-hamstring connection and pull in the smaller muscle groups to get a lifted, tight and
narrow lower bootie look rather than the higher and wider bulky upper-glute effect that

many weightlifters and stair-climbers have. 

I have more to say about this.  Stay tuned!

Comments

[Carrie]

Great explanation!! Great pic!

[Erin]

Wow, Lauren, thanks for this! It makes perfect sense. I have never seen such changes in my body pre-Lithe, and nothing (tons of gyming, running, blading etc.) ever did for me what Lithe has done. And seeing the shots of the Lithe booty reminds me I have to get in gear and back in the studio for my bday trip to Jamaica!