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Toning trainers - Daniel Sheppard, FitBase

Toning trainers

How much do you think a picture of the perfect bum or stomach has influenced what you have bought? At one point or another we have all been swayed by television advertising, probably without even realising. Companies such as Nike spend up to $97.6 million dollars millions on advertisements to entice us to buy their products.

An example of this are toning trainers that show the perfect bottom of a 20 year old model being achievable by merely walking in their toning trainers! Companies know our aspirations and create a product that makes it seem easily achievable. As a personal trainer I have never heard of anyone recommending toning trainers due to their fantastic results. I have how ever seen them bought and then left to collect dust. So what are the toning trainers supposed to do and can they help?

Toning trainers are designed to create imbalance under your foot to cause muscles in your legs and bottom to work harder. The glutes (the set of muscles that form our bottom) are a big group of muscles that are designed to generate strength when our knees are bent to a maximum of 90 degrees. An example of this is getting up from a low chair or a technique used by personal trainers around the world called ‘squats’. These movements stress the glutes making them firmer and stronger.

So we can not rely solely on the products we see on television alone, so what else can you do to improve our bottoms? Firstly is hard to say but, it is in quiet a large way down to our genetics. All is not lost though as with good nutrition to help remove any unwanted body fat that may be covering that fantastic bottom and the correct exercise you can make the best of your rear.

Firstly in our day to day lives we need to use our glutes more often. Because of our health and safety conscious environment we are told not to pick objects off the floor and also the use of arm rest on chairs place more effort on the arms rather than the legs and glutes. So basics such as taking two steps instead of one when walking up stairs (where safe), picking up objects form the floor (using correct technique) and not using the arm rest to push your self up from a seat will all increase the use of the glutes drastically.

When looking to take this exercise a bit further the great thing about improving your glutes is that you do not need any fancy equipment or gym membership. Running or walking up hill activates the front and back of the legs as well as your buttocks, so find a hilly walk and do some power walking to burn calories at the same time. Cycling can also be a good exercise but ideally you must be in a gear that makes it hard to push the pedals rather than really easy and riding up hills would be the ultimate.

Exercises you can do in your own home include squats, which are very similar to sitting down and getting up from a chair, Lunges that again use your bottom and legs and lastly the single leg bridge and great exercise that involves laying on your back and lifting your bottom off the floor. Direct exercises are the best way to getting a firmer bottom so try these exercises and make the most of what you have!

Daniel Sheppard

Daniel is the Head Fitness Trainer at FitBase see www.FitBase.co.uk for more information.

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