My first reaction was, "Huh? Girls care about guy's butts? And here I've been wasting my time on my arms and pecs". So after getting over that shock, my next thought was, "Hmm, so what am I doing right? I wanted the butt building secrets!"

So I went through my workouts, analyzing each leg exercise for maximum "butt boosting", and came up with a list of 5 exercises that are essential to building a better butt for a guy (and gal!), especially someone who wants a more athletic type of workout and body.

After all, I trained "athletically", not with bulking bodybuilding type workouts. And as the trainer who designed workouts for the female basketball team, I could "see" that those workouts were building better butts for girls as well!

Years have passed since my introduction to the female interest in guy's butts, and I've become less selfish. I'm now happy to share my "butt- boosting" exercises for every other guy, and of course, every woman that wants to build a lean, athletic body with a beautiful butt.

So here are my top 5 exercises for building a better butt that you can do at home or at the gym, and with nothing more than your bodyweight or a set of dumbells. You'll build your butt fast with these moves. No wasting time.

1 - Squats

Stand with your feet shoulder width apart. Keep your chest up, push your hips back, and squat to parallel. Squeeze your butt and push back up to the start position. Do 10 repetitions.

2 - Split Squats

Take a step forward with one leg, bend the front knee, and keep your torso upright. Keep your front foot flat on the floor, but rise up onto the ball of your back foot. Drop your hips straight down and push through the front leg to return to the standing position. Stay in the "split" position for the entire exercise. Do 10 repetitions for each side.

3 - Forward Lunges

Take a step forward with one leg, bend the front knee, and keep your torso upright. Keep your front foot flat on the floor, but rise up onto the ball of your back foot. Drop your hips straight down and push through the front leg to return to the start position where both feet are together again. Do 10 repetitions for each side.

4 - Step-ups

Stand in front of a bench. Place one foot on the bench. Use that leg to pull yourself up onto the bench. Slowly lower yourself. Do 10 repetitions per side.

5 - Bulgarian Split Squats

Stand with a bench behind you. Step forward with one foot, while placing the other foot on the bench, laces down. Drop your hips straight down, then push through the front leg to return to the upright position. Do 8 repetitions per side.

Heres how to sculpt a beautiful butt. Add in interval training to burn off even more fat, and you've got a set of abs to match.

So while things never worked out with the girl that liked my butt, I learned a valuable lesson from her about the importance of a guy's butt in a girl's dreams. And that's helped me help thousands of men and women boost their butts with these 5 simple exercises.