Firstly, I don’t mean any harm by this post and if you think any of this is wrong please let me know. This post is based of my own research, but not necessarily my own experience, as I haven’t done all of these, YMMV.

Contents

  • Gaining/Losing Fat
  • Gaining Muscle
    • Strength Training
    • Cardio
  • Artificial
    • Clothing
    • Hip Pads
    • BBL

Gaining/Losing Fat

There’s no problem with simply gaining some bodyweight especially if you’re underweight or gain within the ‘healthy’ range of BMI. In that case you might instead see some benefit from losing fat for a smaller waist to ass ratio. But do keep in mind that if you are currently not on Estrogen/T-blockers, gaining weight might add them to the wrong places, or places you might not want like your gut/ or arms. Estrogen also makes you gain weight, but this usually does this to the butt and legs, which makes gaining weight when estrogen more reliable, but even if you’re not on it you might have some good results without being on E depending on your genetics.

Gaining Muscle

Whilst this might not be something you initially think can make you more fem, it does work. I recommend some form of Resistance Training(Weights, Calisthenics). Personally I like Weights due to simplicity of structure, but you can and will gain muscle with both. If you’re AMAB consider risks of training your upper body since androgen receptors there are more dense and you can more easily gain upper body mass. For unrelated reasons(testosterone being anabolic(muscle promoting) you can also more easily put on muscle if you’re not on hormones. If you are on hormones, then you still can gain muscle but less than if you weren’t.

In regards to specific workouts I can only speak from my own experience. My personal preference is for training with weights. If you’re looking for something simple and full body, then Allpro’s routine is pretty good. You can also check reddits /r/fitness for their recommendations. If you want to do just legs, then you can check out /r/strongcurves. Personally I prefer the fewer workouts from Allpro, so I just don’t do the upper body but following the same progression scheme, and I added in a more leg work(Hip Thrust + Hip Abduction machine). Exercising takes time, but it is a sure fire way to increase the size of your butt/thighs. On a side note cardio is incredibly healthy for you to do and great for burning calories, but too much will make you have slower leg gains relative to just strength training. If you go from sedentary to cycling/running/any cardio you will still gain leg muscle. RP Strength is a great resource for info on this.

Other

I would like to preface this by saying that I have no experience from the below two, hip pads or BBl, and that these are just a couple of things that came up in my research.

Firstly are hip pads, you can buy these, or make your own, They work. BBL is a surgery where they take out fat from somewhere else (usually your midsection) and then re-implant it into your butt and thighs. I found the Mamaswole video on this to be informative

The easiest and fastest way is with clothing, you can make you legs seem wider by E.g. wearing baggy joggers, or skirts which flare out at the waist, or jeans which start high and are loose at the hips, or with flared bottom accentuating legs. ICKY has some great videos on this.

TLDR: Workout, Clothes are your friend, and other options exist if you want even more.

That was it, the extent of my knowledge. Since I don’t have reddit I’m okay with this being cross posted there for more eyes on lemmy. Any other tips are appreciated!

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    Something I had copied off of a reddit comment a while back. It’s a quick routine you can do at home. IIRC the reddit comment claimed to have gotten this from some sort of medical fitness professional, but I can’t find the link to the actual reddit comment anywhere. Upper body stuff is mainly meant to make breasts look bigger and lower body to make hips and butt look bigger. :

    Free Weight Fly’s: 5-10lb Weight. (Dumb bells) Start by lying on your back with your arms horizontally out to the side. Next, bring your arms up and forward towards the ceiling. Next, lower your arms back down to the original position. Your elbows should be partially bent the entire time. Complete 2 sets of 10 repititions.

    Note regarding elastic band exercises: Basically you’ll want to put a knot in the middle of the band and then put it in a door so the knot keeps it from sliding out when you pull on it.

    Elastic Band Rows: Holding elastic band with both hands (arms stretched straight in front of you), draw back the band as you bend your elbows. Keep your elbows about 45 degrees away from your body the entire time. Repeat 2 sets of 10 repetitions.

    Elastic Band - Horizontal Adduction: Start by holding elastic band with your arm out-stretched to the side. Next, pull the elastic band horizontally and across your body. Your elbow should be straight or slightly bent the entire time. Complete 2 sets of 10 repetitions.

    Dynamic Hug: Start with one foot in front of the other. Hinge at the hips and have a slight bend in the elbows. Begin the motion by bringing your hands together as if you are hugging a tree. Complete 2 sets of 10 repetitions.

    Elastic Band Shoulder External Rotation: While holding an elastic band at your side with your elbow bent, start with your hand near your stomach and then pull the band away. Keep you elbow at your side the entire time. Complete 2 sets of 10 repititions.

    Elastic Band Shoulder Internal Rotation: While holding an elastic band at your side with your elbow bent, start with your hand away from your stomach,m then pull the band towards your stomach., Keep your elbow near your side the entire time. Complete 2 sets of 10 repetitions.

    Lower Body: Focus a little on abs and quite a bit of stuff focused on emphasizing muscles in hips and butt.

    Bridging: While lying on your back with knees bent, tighten your lower abdominals, squeeze your buttocks, and then raise your buttocks off the floor/bed as creating a Bridge with your body. Hold and then lower yourself and repeat. Repeat 10 times.

    Hip Abduction: While lying on your side, slowly raise up your top leg towards the sky. Keep your knee straight and maintain your toes pointed forward the entire time. Keep your leg in-line with your body. Complete 2 sets of 10 for each leg.

    Looped Elastic Band Hip Extension: While standing with an elastic band looped around your ankles, move the target leg straight back keeping the knee straight the entire time. Complete 2 sets of 10 with each leg.

    Looped Elastic Band Hip Abduction: While standing with an elastic band looped around your ankles, move the target leg out to the side, keeping the knee straight the entire time. Complete 2 sets of 10 with each leg.

    Single Leg Lowering: Lying on your back, keep your back in a neutral position. Bring your knees up to 90 degrees. Keeping your belly button pulled in (abs taut), slowly reach your foot forward and tap the ground. Complete 2 sets of 10 for each leg.

    All exercises should be completed at least 3x per week.