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Code: LAUNCH for 40% off. Includes Butt Building Diet Guide, Women's Supplement Guide, at-home dumbbell version, and a free second program at checkout (Muscle Mommy or Muscle Mommy 15).

In this episode the guys break down the real reason most women never build the butt they want — and it has nothing to do with effort or genetics. They cover why you cannot shrink your way to a bigger butt, why high rep burn workouts and kickbacks produce almost no results, why the exercises that feel the best in your glutes are often the worst for building them, how much protein you actually need (and why it feels like force-feeding at first), why building muscle first makes getting lean dramatically easier, and why strength in the squat, hip thrust and deadlift is the only metric that actually tells you it's working. Sal shares the story of a client who went from 1900 to 2900 calories, built significant muscle, and then leaned out effortlessly without going nearly as low as before.

MAPS Abs and Butt: https://mapsabsandbutt.com

Code: LAUNCH for 40% off. Nine-week program focused on abs and glutes. Includes free second program (Muscle Mommy or Muscle Mommy 15), Butt Building Diet Guide and Women's Supplement Guide.

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0:00 - Intro

2:26 - The real reason your butt won't grow — and it has nothing to do with effort

4:27 - Why toning is not real and why you have to stop being afraid of building

7:35 - Why the exercises that feel the best in your glutes are often the worst for building them

10:00 - Five sets of heavy barbell squats beats 90 minutes of burn class — every time

11:14 - The diet truth: you cannot build a bigger butt while staying in a deficit

13:03 - How much protein you actually need — and why it feels like force feeding at first

17:36 - Why your body needs a reason to build muscle and what that reason has to be

20:45 - The best butt building exercises and why programming matters as much as the exercises

25:08 - Strength is the most important metric — if you are getting stronger your butt is growing

26:06 - Build first then reveal — why getting lean first is completely backwards

28:47 - Give yourself nine weeks minimum and what to expect in the mirror