The Battle of the Jiggly Butt

What is it about those first few minutes on the treadmill or elliptical (or working out in general for that matter) that make your butt feel so incredibly un-toned? Maybe it's just me, but I feel like when I first start running my ass jiggles like crazy! And what's even crazier is that after those first few minutes it doesn't feel like my rear is jiggling all over the place. Literally every day when I start my work out I think about how I should be doing an average of 10,000 lunges and/or squats in order for the rump to stop shaking all over the place.

The most awkward thing about it, though, is that I feel like other people can see my tush jiggling all over the place. I almost feel like my fanny needs a bra in order for it to control itself. I realize this is so ridiculous of a mindset and the chances of anybody actually looking at my bum are slim to none. I mean let's be honest here, I tend to work out in the late morning/early afternoon and the people who are at the gym at that hour are not looking at or judging other people's hindquarters. Regardless, I always feel that wee bit of awkwardness at the beginning of any cardio workout.

Today I decided that if I was going to get over this jiggly butt syndrome I would have to put my derriere front and center in my workouts. In all of the strength training that I do only like 2 of the exercises work my glutes so I sucked it up and worked out on the stair-master for a bit. Now let me just start by saying that I hate the stair-master with the fire of a 1,000 suns. It is literally the most boring exercise you can do at the gym (in my opinion of course). I know that it does wonders for the backside and you burn calories like crazy but honestly who cares if it feels like it drags on FOR-EV-ER? I would much rather spend an extra 10 minutes running then stair climbing because that is more interesting.

Anyway, so I'm on the stair-master and it's not as bad as I remembered but it still is not fun. I just kept plugging away, though, in hopes that one day the Battle of the Jiggly Butt will be won. In that light, I have found my goal for March: to get a few steps closers to winning the Battle of the Jiggly Butt. I think if I do the stair-master for 10-15 minutes some days and lunges and/or squats on the other days I'll hopefully not shake so much when I work out. Of course, I'm always open for suggestions on great exercises so if you know of any great ways to do some booty toning let me know! God knows by next week I'll be even more bored of the stair-master then I am already and hating anything resembling a lunge.

Special Thanks: I would like to acknowledge the thesaurus for it's awesome help in providing me with a variety of synonyms for the word 'butt.' Writing 'butt' over and over seemed boring and then I found it funny using all the different synonyms.