Pls Enjoy 15 of the Best Booty Band Workouts on YouTube

A booty band, also known as a mini band, is a looped resistance band that you wrap around your quads or glutes to power up your lower-body workouts, target smaller muscles, or warm up before a big workout. It’s gotten a reputation for being the ultimate tool to work your booty, but it’s great for any kind of workout, really.

The truth is that, yes, booty bands really do work. Let me count the ways! 1) The bands create resistance and tension for your muscles to work against—similar to dumbbells and barbells. 2) They’re especially good for beginner lifters to build strength and muscular endurance—aka, the amount of time your muscles can continuously work before they lose steam. And 3) Research actually suggests that doing exercises with elastic bands provides similar strength gains to exercises with traditional equipment, like dumbbells.

A quick thing: If your goal is to really grow your muscles, you need to lift heavier things, like barbells and dumbbells. But if you’re in it for the burn and want to build strength and endurance, booty band workouts are here to support. Plus, the bands are inexpensive and super small, so you can easily stock up even if you live in a teeny place.

But if you're out here like, "YAY! Booty band workouts 5ever! What now?" Well, I found 15 really good workouts for you to put those stretchy guys to use! I've got butt-only workouts, workouts that target your abs, full-body workouts, workouts for people who don't work out. I. Got. Chu.

Because I'm an actual certified trainer, I feel compelled to call out that lots of these workouts suggest you’ll grow your butt significantly if you stick to it. And while targeting these muscles via band exercises will certainly help, just know that there are a lot of other factors that go into changing the way your muscles (like your glutes) look. (Hint: What you eat, how much you sleep, how you recover, genetics, and the other exercises you do all matter.)

Whether you’re a pro or just bought your first ever booty band (yay, welcome!), these workout videos will have you feeling the burn and wondering why it took you so long to jump on the bandwagon (ugh sorry, had to!).