What Do We Mean by “Booty”?Before we get into how to build a better booty, it may be helpful to share exactly what muscles make up a booty, so you can have a better understanding when it comes to working it properly.
The scientific term for “booty” is actually the gluteal muscles. You may have thought the buttocks were just one big muscle, but in actuality, the booty is comprised of three separate gluteus muscles: the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and the gluteus minimus.
Gluteus Maximus—is the largest of the three muscles and helps with moving your upper body forward, such as standing from a seated position, running, walking, lunging, or stepping up onto something. This muscle helps straighten your legs from a seated (or squat) position. This is usually the muscle most folks are referring to when they mention “glutes,” although the term “glutes” can also encompass all three muscles.
Gluteus Medius—this set of muscles resides on the pelvic bones and assists with your ability to walk. It is also used when you lift your leg and rotate it out to the side.
Gluteus Minimus—this muscle is situated under the gluteus medius and also helps with hip extension.
What Doesn’t Work to Build a Better Booty?While you’re undoubtedly excited to learn how to build your glutes, it may be easier to go over some of the misconceptions about what doesn’t work when it comes to building up and rounding out your butt. These two things will not help you bring out that booty!
- Doing extra cardio—this will not necessarily help you build a bigger, rounder, more gravity-defying butt. That said, you don’t want to neglect your cardio workouts either, because a low level of body fat can help you better reveal all your hard work in the glute area.
- Spot reducing/spot building—you may be tempted to try to just work your glute muscles to get rid of body fat and shape your booty, but that’s just not how it works.
When you burn fat, your body takes and burns it from all over the body, not just in the areas you’d like to reduce. Having a shapely backside will require that your entire body fat levels be in check. And, you will also need to do resistance training to achieve the elusive bigger booty. 
