Pssst, your butt is too…Bootyband.nl
A long time ago I started following Lubna and her (then) peachy bands. I also spoke to her regularly. She is an inspiration and knows a lot about getting a Booty through bands and strength training. Why? She herself had fewer curves than she would like and then she started investigating. How everything came about she tells a bit further on in this blog.
I am blessed with a pair of beautiful round buttocks that I (still) regularly receive compliments about. But after I adopted a healthier lifestyle and lost quite a bit of weight (in a good way), I also lost a bit of that buttocks as my stomach became flatter (which I was very happy about)... it is still round, but not the shape it used to be. Well, I thought... you can't have it all. But I was actually quite happy with what I saw in the mirror.
I used to train with those plastic booty bands but they didn't stay in place, they hurt and I got bruises (medication makes me bruise easily) and besides that I didn't get the result I had set myself as a goal. Of course I also train and trained with weights but because of my condition I can't always grab the weights and sometimes I have to train without weights.
So I was very happy when I got a really nice sturdy gray booty band from Lubna and after the first training with this band I had serious muscle pain in my buttocks! And what was especially nice… they stayed in place, they didn't hurt and they gave results within a few weeks.
So I came up with a fun challenge together with a fellow Instagrammer. How many squats with the booty band can you do in a row. My husband also participated. The next day we both had muscle pain. Maybe you would like to see the video, you can do that here . And if you still want to do it, tag me because then I will share your video!
In the meantime I have 2 bands from Bootyband.nl and the strongest Bodyband! I am really happy with this! It is a real solution for me because I cannot always train with weights. With the Bootyband I can train my buttocks and also my legs and with the Bodyband I can imitate many exercises that you normally do with equipment.
Because I think Lubna is a beautiful, sincere and incredibly sweet person I asked her to tell her story about how Bootyband.nl came into being. You can read her story below:
How did BootyBand come about?
At the end of 2013 I went on vacation to Miami. Confident with my big abs I was sunbathing on the beach. I looked around and saw women with beautiful curves. Both abs and a Booty! Beautiful! But I only had abs! Say what! I immediately got rid of the idea that my shape was “finished”! That had to change that I!
Since 2013 I have been more focused on strength training and I have said goodbye to running. To experience for myself what training and nutrition do to your body, I have participated in a number of Bikini Fitness competitions. And I became Dutch Champion.
Under a large fluorescent tube with low fat% and no moisture you could finally see what your body REALLY looks like!
Well, that was little gluteal muscle! While I trained my glutes 3 times a week. How? I thought!
After many books, seminars, different training techniques and nutrition plans later, I discovered that the gluteal muscle is the largest muscle in your body and that only the gluteal muscle Maximus is used the most. This is because it provides the extension of your hip, such as climbing stairs or running.
That is why the other gluteal muscles often lag behind. And it is precisely those other muscles that provide THE roundness!
I discovered that you need to activate and train the Medius and Minimus muscles and that can only be done best with a resistance band.
The plastic resistance band rolled up and broke often and was uncomfortable.
So I had a tire made from fabric with rubber in it.
Ok it wasn't that easy:) I had 15 bands made of different types of fabrics, lengths and % rubber before I had created the perfect Booty Band. I launched this in 2017 and it took a while before the Dutch sports woman saw the value of the Booty Band!
I did the same with the Body Bands!
Did I do everything right by being the first to launch the Booty Bands?
NO!
I had invested so much time, energy and money and I started selling the Booty Bands with great enthusiasm, not thinking that a few years later the copy cats would come from China who would produce cheap fabric and become my competitors. Or even use my photos and texts! I had only registered the brand but not applied for a patent. Which is why the Booty Band has now become a word/product that you can no longer apply for a patent on! Say what! You can compare this with the word "refrigerator"
In the meantime I have also created an Adjustable Booty Band. One size fits all! You can adjust this heavier or lighter.
I recently applied for a patent on this product! I am very happy with it, my wallet less so:)
This way I can be sure that my slogan, the one and only Booty Band, is also legally established:)
Besides the Bootybands that come in all sorts of cheerful colours and the Bodybands, Lubna also has an interesting Podcast, she does Coaching and she has written a Guide on how to grow your Booty. It is definitely worth taking a look at her Instagram and her website .
Love Dalia