Lower Body Exercises: Get a Bigger Butt and Tighter Thighs

Exercises like pelvic thrusts and hip rotations are key to getting a bigger, rounder butt and tighter inner thighs. Learn how to strengthen hip flexors to alleviate back pain and explore movements that can help you eliminate saddlebags.

Lack of Flexibility & Back Pain

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Michelle Wishhart

Back pain, which is a woefully familiar feeling for many, is caused by a diverse number of factors ranging from past injury to lifestyle to individual anatomy. A lack of flexibility in the lower body, particularly in the hamstrings, buttocks and hip flexors, can actually cause lower back pain, which Len Kravitz, Ph.D.

Michelle Wishhart is a writer based in Portland, Ore. She has been writing professionally since 2005, starting with her position as a staff arts writer for City on a Hill Press, an alternative weekly newspaper in Santa Cruz, Calif. An avid gardener, Wishhart worked as a Wholesale Nursery Grower at Encinal Nursery for two years. Wishhart holds a Bachelor of Arts in fine arts and English literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz.