13 Before and Afters That Prove You Can Build the Booty of Your Dreams

Instagram is flooded with amazing fit girls [1] who aren't afraid to keep it real [2] and share their motivating progress [3] and inspirational before and afters [4]. One tag that's contributed to this is the popular #transformationtuesday tag. The before and afters [5] posted as part of the weekly tag are loaded with captions that are filled with useful info and personal messages of encouragement from some of our favourite fitness-lovers. If you need a little inspiration to start building your best bum, it's the place to be.

Glute transformations have grown in popularity recently, and rightfully so. Building strong glutes has countless benefits [6], including a higher metabolism because the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn. If you need a little inspiration on the road to growing your best glutes, the following 13 women will definitely motivate you to grab some weights and start a set of squats.

"It IS possible to build the body you want. It takes time, consistency, challenging yourself, and FOOD."

"Your bootayy is a muscle, just like every other muscle in your body. Work that booty, hunny, and you WILL start to grow one."

"Hard work, patience, consistency, and a little self-belief can get you a long way."

"Trying to grow any part of your body isn't going to be possible if you aren't fueling your body right!"

"Sometimes the number on the scale is the most useless way of tracking progress, so don't let it control your life."

"Between these photos, I trained really hard, lifting heavy weights with a countless amount of reps."

"Nothin but heavy weights, consistency, and lots of food."

"Stay consistent and in a few months, you'll be well on your way to having a perkier and stronger derrière."

"Fitness should ADD to your life, not take away from it."

"Girls, this is what lifting and eating does to you, so stop being terrified of them."

"Eating WAY more (around 2,100 calories a day) as well as lifting heavier and doing more glute isolation exercises."

"I started eating like twice as much, tracking my macros, lifting HEAVY, and rarely doing cardio. "

"Incorporate hip thrusters, glute bridges, cable kickbacks, banded abductions and lateral band walks into your workout routine."

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