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    Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe

    Posted by Amanda Kuclo ·

    Here at BootyQueen Headquarters, we're ramping up for an amazing rest of 2018! We've got so much that we're excited about as a company and cannot wait to share it with guys, our BQ Fam! Enjoy this recipe that our team tried and is absolutely loving!!

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    Amanda’s Favorite Squat Superset

    Posted by Amanda Kuclo ·

    Amanda’s Favorite Squat Superset

    Lately I’ve been spending more time training, yet less time in the gym.
    Between yoga studios, classes and at home workouts, I probably go to the actual gym gym, 1-2 times a week, and...more like 1.
    When I do though, you guessed it, it’s glutes.

    I’ve been training for many years now, so continually adding heavy weight is not my goal. I’m more about time under tension, volume and getting blood to the muscle which equals a great pump. I stretch lots and love a healthy body that feels good from inside to out, muscles to joints and never felt better. I do zero cardio. That’s not because I don’t believe in it, it’s because I don’t need it for weight loss, and I get my cardio for heart health from the super intense workouts I do in hot yoga.

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    Banded Smith Squat Superset

    Using the ADVANCED band from our BootyQueen Apparel band set. If you haven’t felt or tried our bands?... ... let me just say this one is no joke!
    Finish the reps with your banded squat, making sure you keep your knees out as you squat down (again super hard with this advanced band) and go right into a banded kickback.
    You’ll see here my favorite way to do these is all the way up with your kickback, squeeze at the top, and DO NOT touch the floor at the bottom.
    This keeps your muscle under the constant tension I’m talking about. When you can’t do anymore reps, finish with some pulses ...and a smile!
    And if you think banded kickbacks are at all easy?... again, you haven’t tried our BootyQueen Bands!

    3 Tips To Get Glute Gains

    Posted by Amanda Kuclo ·

    3 Tips To Get Glute Gains

    I’ve been training for about 20 years now, and through the years I definitely learned A LOT. When I first started training, I was just obsessed with getting as much knowledge as possible. I remember going through personal training courses, not to train anyone necessarily, but to have knowledge for myself.
    I think the more info you can have the better, so google things, do your homework, learn from others and stay constantly learning.
    Knowledge is power and I love learning. That being said, here are my top 3 tips…of about a thousand.
    1.) Variety
    Variety is key and that applies to your exercises, angles, reps, rep speed, weight, rest periods, etc. I like a high volume style of training for my glutes and I always keep a journal of what I do and did each workout. That way, I’m doing a different workout each time. Because the body is so smart and adapts so well, it's imperative that you switch things up. While I built my base with heavy weights, I've had to keep switching up my training to keep things new not on physically but mentally as well. So, make a plan that has heavy days, lighter days, plyo days, and a combination of all. That’s why the more you know, the more you’ll have in your training arsenal to pull from to keep seeing progress.
    2.) Pump
    I talk a lot about pumps, I’m such a dude sometimes when it comes to training. Pumps are important because the more blood flow you can have in the working muscle, the better pump and the better chance for growth. I’m totally ‘that girl’ that gets excited when I have a good pump in my butt, and upset if I don’t. I use band work, plyo work, and lighter reps or body weight only exercises during my heavier lifts to get this to happen. Which leads me to my third tip…
    3.) Rest and Food
    Food is a big factor in pumps, at least for me. When I go lower on my carbs I totally notice a difference. If I eat more food and more carbs for about four days in a row, it's like I’m a different person. I talk a lot on instagram about “Abs or A$$”, it's like the endless cycle of one day I’m trying to do a booty bulk and the next days I’m trying to get my abs to show more, so I add in cardio. Either way, a diet of good and quality calories, is an important part of reaching your goals. Food is the fuel behind your training, and as my husband always says, “gotta feed the machine”.
    Rest is also critical. Even though I have a tank at Bootyqueen Apparel that says “ I Only Train Glutes on Days Ending in Y”, I DO NOT train my glutes every day. I was always asked that and that would be my response which I thought was funny but if your training the way you should be… two days is great, a third on some weeks if you want to experiment, but two should be good

    Just Be

    Posted by Amanda Kuclo ·

    Just Be

    We're called human beings for a reason.

    Being is accepting situations the way they are, knowing that certain things will happen that you don't understand or can't control. Yet on purpose, you refuse to worry about them.
    Being is accepting others the way THEY are, and knowing that you can’t change people. You CAN love them just as they are, while God is doing any of the changing needed.
    Being is doing the same thing for YOURSELF. In loving and accepting yourself for who YOU are, knowing that we are all made unique...on purpose.
    Instead of focusing on your flaws, because we all have them, why not allow yourself to just...be.
    Life's too short to waste it, trying to be something you're not.