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Bringing Up The Rear: How To Boost Your Caboose

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 12, 2009

These days, ladies want back. But if you weren't naturally blessed with a bootylicious bottom - or you just want to improve on Mother Nature - there are a few options that can help boost your caboose.

Padded panties: It's like a padded bra for your fanny. Booty Pop, Bubbles and Better Bottom are just some of the brands designed to help you fill out that pencil skirt or those low-rise jeans. A word of caution: You don't want to wear these if you think someone might go in for a grope. They don't feel like the real thing.

Choose the right jeans: There are jeans specifically designed to give you more junk in the trunk. Pompis, a line of jeans from Colombia, have a built-in butt-lifting panel to push your tush up and out. Victoria's Secret has a pair with built-in pads. Another tip: Choose jeans with flap pockets and pockets that angle toward your butt for a fuller look. Pockets that are set higher up on the back and embroidered pockets will also give an illusion of fullness.

Get your butt to the gym: The best exercise for a bangin' booty is Pilates, says Wilda Santiago, a group fitness instructor and personal trainer at the YMCA Express. Pilates is great for isolating your glutes. She recommends doing Pilates three times a week. Traditional squats, walking lunges and elevated and reversed lunges also will improve your posterior; so will hiking and walking at an incline. Alternate exercises with cardio - and be consistent, Santiago says.

Butt implants (also known as gluteal augmentation): For this procedure, a doctor slices the butt cheeks (OUCH!) and inserts silicone implants. Recovery is painful and can take weeks. The other option: a Brazilian Butt Lift (or fat injections). It involves extracting fat from the abs, hips or thighs and transplanting it into the butt. Cost: around $6,000 to $13,000 for implants; $7,500 to $15,000 for a lift.

Cloe Cabrera

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