Want a shapely butt? Here's help

Want to have the perfect and shapely butt a la Hollywood star Jennifer Lopez and Bollywood's very own beauty Malaika Arora Khan? If yes, then eat healthy, exercise, do yoga or else go under the knife, suggest experts.

According to Leena Mogre, it takes a good combination of a balanced diet as well as the right weight and fitness training for a woman to get a firm posterior.

"Women in India do have an innate tendency to put on weight on the butt. To keep them fit, it is very important to eat a balanced diet. Besides, one must get into a routine of weight training, squats, lunges, step-ups and cardiovascular exercises," suggests Leena, who is the fitness trainer to Bollywood actresses like Katrina Kaif, Kangana Ranaut and Sameera Reddy among others.

"Even uphill running is a good option," added Leena.

Shiv Inder Singh, managing director, Firefox Bikes Pvt Ltd that offers a range of cycles designed for the body structure of women, feels that among cardio exercises cycling can really help in getting a well-shaped butt.

"There are various important benefits that cycling can offer to women, out of which the main one being shaping their butt. Moderate cycling helps reduce 35 calories in about an hour that makes cycling an effective weight control activity," Singh explained.

Leena agrees that cycling does help in shedding extra pounds, but weight-training does the additional bit of shaping up the posterior.

Another option to get a perfect butt is yoga.

"More than men, women come to me for butt sculpting, but one has to first determine things like the body structure of the person, the requirement and the limitations of the person to chart a right module," said Yatharth Sehajpal, a Delhi-based yoga expert.

"If the person is overweight and has flab, then first we have to work on tightening that extra fat and only then we can emphasise on the backside and there are various set of asanas and exercises that one can use for butt sculpting," he added.

Sehajpal's clients who emphasise a shapely butt are mostly women in their early 30s. Many of them are married. Some wish to get rid of their post pregnancy fat.

Thanks to increasing awareness, women in India have started talking about their dissatisfaction with their butt and are consulting cosmetic surgeons to solve their problem.

"One model came to me and said her backside was darker than the rest of her body. And to be able to confidently wear swim wear and bikinis, she wanted them to be lighter. I had to do spa peels on her backside to solve her problem. So yes, women are getting extremely conscious about their bodies," said Anup Dhir, senior cosmetic surgeon at Apollo Hospital.

The trend of going under the scalpel for butt enhancement, lift and liposuction has emerged in the past five to 10 years, but it isn't so popular yet, said Dhir.
These procedures are more of a Brazilian or American concept where people can and are used to roaming around in thongs and bikinis on beaches. But such an acceptability has not seeped into India yet. Here breast enhancement is still 10-20 times more in demand than surgical treatment for butts.

Such surgical treatments cost anywhere between Rs.60,000 and Rs.150,000, depending upon how complicated the procedure is.

What's more, with the summer season setting in, women are preparing themselves to fit into sexy swimwear, shorts, chiffon saris or the favourite short black dress. So ladies, pick your way to shape your derriere and flaunt your clothes with panache.

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It's more fun if you're fit for Sex

Fit women have more orgasms, a survey has discovered - and doing regular pelvic exercises can increase your chances of ecstasy, reports The Sun.

Eight out of ten women improved their sex lives in four weeks by doing the exercises daily - and seven out of ten of their partners said sex was better for them, too.

The findings have emerged in an ongoing survey underway in the lead up to National Orgasm Day on 31 July 2008, as reported in The Sun.

The survey also found that seven out of ten women can find their G-spot - but 28 per cent of women don't orgasm during sex or play.

Just of half of women who answered said they do some pelvic floor exercises but almost all said they would make more effort if they had information on the right routines.

Mums who gave birth naturally are the most likely to benefit from pelvic floor exercises because muscles can be stretched or damaged during childbirth.

Pelvic floor exercises - sometimes called Kegel exercises, after the doctor who developed them - involve tensing and relaxing the muscles lining the vagina.

But new mums are often given only an exercise sheet outlining the exercises and the demands - and exhaustion - of caring for a new baby mean they are often skipped.

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Rahul’s fitness secret —- boxing

Rahul Gandhi landed some hard punches on his opponents in the recent elections. Now we know where he learnt those moves.

Om Prakash Bharadwaj, India’s first Dronacharya awardee, taught him boxing for two months last year. The yesteryear sportsman and coach said the Congress MP came to him with the objective of keeping physically and psychologically fit for a busy political life.

“It was a great opportunity for me to train Rahul Gandhi for two months last year,” Bharadwaj said. “In the beginning, I was surprised... Later, I realised he was keen to have some knowledge about the art of self-defence.”

Bharadwaj (70) said Rahul (39) was greatly interested in sports. “He is a good swimmer, shooter and horse rider,” he said.

The coach rated his pupil as a great learner and very fit. “You won’t believe it but he was good and had prior knowledge of boxing techniques.”

“Knowing his busy schedule, I kept light training for him and for warm-up, asked him to run one round of his home ground. But he’d ask me if the drill was enough and run two more rounds,” Bharadwaj said.

Bharadwaj was also all praise for Rahul’s humility and manners: “One day, when I wanted some water, instead of asking an attendant, he rushed to the kitchen to fetch it.”

And it seems Rahul isn’t the only Gandhi with an interest in boxing. Bharadwaj recalled when sister Priyanka tried her hand at the sport.

“One day, Priyankaji showed an interest in working on the punching pad, saying ‘main bhi boxing karungi’.”

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