Leandro Carvalho is originally from Brazil and has earned his degree in physical education and is certified by all of the major fitness training entities.  Prior to this he has danced with companies like Mercer Cunningham.  If you are looking to find Leandro, you can usually find him at the Equinox Fitness Club in New York City where he teaches his Brazil Butt Lift class.  New York magazine awarded this butt tightening class the “Best Bikini Prep Class” in New York in 2004.

It all started when Victoria Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio approached Leandro back in 2001 and wanted a program to specifically target and tone her butt without bulking up her legs.  Alessandra was worried about about doing squats and other leg exercises since she want to stay lean in the legs.  As a result, the Brazil Butt Lift was born and along with it came a lot more models to train who wanted that awesome looking butt. To get started on your butt transformation just go to Brazil Butt Lift and then go to Macy’s and get your new bikini.

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Brazil Butt Lift

Baby Got Brazil, Part II

Q&A with Leandro Carvalho

In Part II of the series, Beachbody® Director of Results Steve Edwards sat down with the creator of Brazil Butt Lift—Leandro Carvalho—to talk history, the myth, the name, and training. Here’s what the “Brazilian Butt Master” had to say about the latest Beachbody health and fitness program.

Q: How did you get into fitness instruction?

A: At first, I was teaching jazz and tap dance. As I learned more, I moved into aerobics. While I was working on my master’s degree (in Recreation), I started to teach children. Some of these kids’ parents worked for Petrobras, a large oil company. Word got out and they (Petrobras) hired me to create fitness programs for their employees. Petrobras is physically enormous, and they have these giant campuses. There, I opened 10 gyms and not only taught their employees, but trained both the police and the firefighters. [Petrobras employs its own police and fire departments.]

Q: When did you realize your first big break?

A: This (Peterobras) job paid very well, so I was pretty set up in Brazil. Then, I got an offer to come to New York and dance with Merce Cunningham. This, more than anything, was my dream! So, I saved as much money as I could for a year and moved to New York—not knowing one word of English.

Q: First impressions?

A: When I landed in New York, I spoke almost no English, and I didn’t know a soul. After wandering around the docks like someone in an immigration movie, I finally found an old lady who brought me to the school where I was going to dance. That’s how it started for me in the States.

From the time I arrived in New York, my life has been filled with angels—both literally and figuratively.

Q: How did you get over the initial shock of being in a new country?

A: After eight months in America, I was accepted to a new program in recreation therapy at New York University (NYU). Since I had the money to pay for their fledgling program, they happily accepted me, even though I had very bad English.

NYU let me work 20 hours at the gym, so I could maintain my student visa. To log my hours, I would teach any class you can imagine. Step (aerobics), water (aerobics), Latin dance, rollerblading, kayaking in the Hudson River—anything they could think of. I also began teaching for the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). All the work allowed me to get a green card.

Q: When did you start training celebrities?

A: Things seemed to be going my way, so I decided not to go back to Brazil. I applied to every gym in New York, and, right then, the “Latin explosion” hit. I was really getting lucky! So, I started teaching a class called Brazilian Groove, and, pretty soon, all the gyms wanted to hire me. That’s when Equinox [one of New York's leading gyms] paid me to stop teaching elsewhere, and I met Allesandra [see Part I of this interview]. Things have since been getting busier and busier!

Now, by word of mouth, I’m training all sorts of actors and models (Blake Lively, Gabriel Garcia Bernal, and 26 supermodels), doing my classes, and still keeping my old clients. I do like to go back to Brazil whenever I can.

Q: What’s the “secret” science behind Brazil Butt Lift?

Gyms are very popular in Brazil, but they are very different from the gyms in America. The big Brazilian secret is ankle weights. In Brazil, no ankle weights means no gym. Here, it’s hard to find them at all. In January, I’ll finally start teaching ankle weight classes. There’s still a big resistance, but it’s changing as more Americans want to look like Brazilians.

In Brazil Butt Lift, we use some Brazilian diet techniques, too. Things like lemon and ginger. We use lemon to neutralize acids. Acids create a layer around the fat cells, so they won’t shrink. Fat cells don’t disappear; they shrink. Lemon is alkaline. Having shots of straight lemon, or even lemon in water, helps to neutralize the acids around the cells so they can shrink like they should. And ginger is a natural antibiotic. People who are resistant to weight loss tend to have too much inflammation. So when we start a diet program, two cups a day of ginger tea is a must!

Q: How is Brazil Butt Lift going to change the way we work out?

A: It’s busy! In Brazil, everybody dances. We dance all the time in celebration of everything. All week long, we dance—not just on special occasions, but for any occasion. With Brazil Butt Lift, you get a true glimpse and feel for Brazilian culture.

Everybody wants to be sexy, and, in Brazil, it’s just part of the culture. Bikinis on the beach—it’s all just part of who we are as people, and what we always have been. It goes with the dancing, the vibes, and the whole lifestyle. It’s all about being sexy, and that’s what America wants.

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Baby Got Brazil

Q&A with Leandro Carvalho

By Steve Edwards, Director of Results

Director of Results Steve Edwards sat down with the creator of Brazil Butt Lift®—Leandro Carvalho—to talk history, the myth, the name, and training. Here’s what the “Brazilian Butt Master” had to say about the latest Beachbody health and fitness program:

Q: How did it all begin?

A: “Five years ago I met Alessandra Ambrosio, the number-one Victoria’s Secret model, at a party. She didn’t like her trainer because she was putting on more muscle than she wanted. She only wanted to work on her waistline, her butt, and the inside and outside of her legs. I knew that by combining dance, Capoeira, and what I had learned as a trainer I could get her the results she wanted. As soon as I did, she began telling the other models, and things escalated from there.”

Q: There are many critics who call “Spot Training” a myth. What’s the secret?

A: “Those people haven’t been to Brazil. We (Brazilians) love to dance and celebrate. In fact, we celebrate just about everything with dance—not just special occasions. We dance at church, we dance at sundown, we just dance constantly, which works the legs, the abs, and the butt. This is why our beaches are so famous. Everyone looks great from dancing, both men and women.

“And you can translate this into specific training. Of course, squats and lunges (the standard leg exercises) are great, but if you do too much, you also bulk the legs, which is especially true when you start adding weight. I had to work the butt without bulking the legs, so I combined squats and lunges with Afro-Brazilian dance. That’s the ‘secret.’”

Q: What’s the name “Brazil Butt Lift” all about?

A: “After my success with Alessandra, I needed something to call it because all the clubs in New York wanted these workouts. I was watching Extreme Makeover. There was a doctor on who was doing some sort of cosmetic surgery that he called a Brazilian butt lift. I though this was a great name for my class. Equinox loved it and signed me to an exclusive deal to teach for them. They gave me a lot of press—TV, magazines, everywhere. My classes have been packed ever since.”

Q: How do you differentiate your training from similar programs?

A: “Most trainers focus on the large muscles, like the gluteus maximus. But the glutes are three different muscles: maximus, medius, and minimus. You need to train them all. Not only that, but you need to hit them from various angles to strengthen the head of each muscle. In total, we’re looking at 12 different angles you should hit in order to create a round butt.”

Q: Is Brazil Butt Lift only for women?

A: “Even though it was created for women, it’s important to say it’s for men as well. I’m worried that men won’t want to do it, but it works very well for them. Back in Brazil, I used to train police and firefighters, and we did a lot of the same movements.”

Q: Which male celebrities have you personally trained using the Brazil Butt Lift method?

A: “Well, Trudy [Styler] had hired me, and I had no idea I was teaching anyone else. All these other people just showed up, including Sting (Styler’s husband), Tom Hanks, [John] McEnroe, and others. We all trained on the beach. McEnroe was pretty conservative. The actors, guys like Hanks, were more willing to dive into the dance moves because they’re more used to being outside their comfort zone. That seems to be the same thing with my classes. Guys are more reserved about taking any exercise class, but when they do show up, they love it.”

Steve EdwardsNext time, we’ll dig deeper into Carvalho’s background; Brazil Butt Lift’s science and nutrition; and what it’s like to juggle teaching sold-out classes, filming a workout video, and training 26 supermodels.

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A healthy life style precedes any physical fitness that you may long for.  So it is important to consider the small things that you do to keep your self healthy and fit.  The obvious question here is DO YOU EXERCISE?  If not, you’d better start or you’ll never see the day when you have gorgeous glutes.  But exactly what exercises should you do?  There are numerous butt exercises that you can do.  Squats are the simplest and are a favorite for targeting the gluteus maximus.  Likewise, lunges and back kicks are some exercises recommended by fitness experts.  However, these exercises can strengthen the buttocks but not burn the fat that covers them.  As such, cardio vascular exercises are needed.  The best way to get rid of the fats is to burn more calories.  Walking, jogging, cycling and skating are excellent cardiovascular activities.  They provide you the fat burning exercise while using the target area.  It is practically killing two birds with one stone.

When doing exercises, every fitness expert will agree that alternating strength training and cardio vascular activities is the best and safest routine.  It is therefore imperative that you set a schedule that will include both types of exercise as well as provide ample rest for you butt and your whole body.

Another important consideration in toning your butt is the food that you eat.  Eating healthier is a surefire way of getting a toner physique.  Controlling your calorie intake so it will not be stored as fat is important.  The extra fat usually goes to the mid section and the buttocks.  A high fiber, low calorie diet is recommended.  However, it is best to consult an expert for your specific dietary needs.

Getting a toned butt requires two major things:  exercise and food.  The balance between the two will help you shape your butt easier and faster.  You’ll be amazed how a simple change in diet and exercise routine can make a big difference in the way your buttocks look.

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Of course exercise is important.  This is a basic requirement for a fit and healthier life.  Unless your work is physically demanding for your butt muscles, then you definitely have to do specific exercises for your butt.  Some fun and simple ways to get your butt some exercise include, squatting, lunges, step up, and other movements that require hip flexing.  These exercises will help strengthen your gluteus maximus.  But to get that toned muscles visible, you still have to burn the fats that’s covering them.  For this, you need cardio-vascular exercises.  Walking, jogging, running and cycling are convenient ways to easily burn those extra fats.  Moreover, these exercises also help increase the strength of your butt muscles.

But here’s the tricky part – maintaining a regular exercise routine.  It is so hard to start exercising but it is easy to stop. You need to be determined enough to keep on going, even if you think nothing is happening.  Exercising is more than just a physical activity- it is truly a mind game.

While you strengthen and burn calories through your exercise, it is also important that you eat healthy.  Counting calories does not mean you totally cut down on the great pleasures of eating.  It simply suggests that you eat the right amount of food for the right amount of calories.  So it is important that you watch what you eat so you can watch your butt take on the shape that you want.

Still, it is a challenge to say no to that extra serving of chocolate ice cream or that moist cake.  But you do have to control yourself.  Again, it’s all in the mind.

Your quest for the ultimate buttocks requires you to have a zen-like focus on your goal.  It is easy to get distracted and derailed from your goals.  This happens a lot, but the key is to get back on track.

If you truly want to tone your butt, you have to work hard for it.  More than just the physical challenge, it’s a test of your character and will.   Your mind is your best tool for a gorgeous butt.

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Brazil Butt Lift

Brazil Butt Lift®

Trainer to world-famous supermodels, Leandro Carvalho combines Brazilian dance, cardio, and his own personal lower-body sculpting moves to lift, tone, and shape your behind for the tight toosh you’ve only dreamed about.

Shape your Butt now!

If you have been looking for a way to tone and tighten those buttocks than you have to check out Leandro Carvalho’s new work out the Brazil Butt Lift. This proven “Triangle Training” method works the major muscles of you behind. This work out is going to work your tooshy from several angles and will reduce your hips and saddlebag area, slim and tone your thighs and lift that coveted behind. You can take this work out and customize it to turn your current shape into the one you have always wanted.

Brazil Butt Lift comes with 5 butt blasting work outs

• BUM BUM: Leandro’s signature workout (named after the Brazilian slang for “butt” and pronounced “boom-boom”) combines fat-blasting cardio with the best lower-body sculpting moves you’ve ever tried. (35 min.)
• HIGH & TIGHT: Focus on all those stubborn trouble zones: the hips, glutes, and saddlebags. Leandro uses his secret weapons—the Booty Resistance Band and ankle weights—to lift your butt to new heights. (35 min.)
• SCULPT: In this video, Leandro takes you through a total-body workout with a sexy Brazilian twist, to sculpt your entire body while focusing on your glutes. Look like a sexy supermodel—lean and toned, without the bulk. (50 min.)
• CARDIO AXE: Feel like you’re dancing in the streets of Brazil with Leandro’s signature axe (pronounced “ah-shay”), a fat-burning, cardio-blasting, dance-based workout that delivers all-over slimming results fast. (30 min.)
• TUMMY TUCK: Leandro’s surefire way to get flat, sexy abs in just 15 minutes. (15 min.)

Tools to help you shape your Bum-Bum

BOOTY MAKEOVER GUIDE

FAT-BURNING FOOD GUIDE

BOOTY BASICS

TRIANGLE TRAINING WORKOUT CARDS

MEASUREMENT TRACKER CARD AND TAPE MEASURE

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Like any muscle in your body, the gluteus maximus requires specific exercises to properly tone and sculpt it.  However, there is a greater demand for areas such as the buttocks and the midsection for toning and sculpting regimen and equipment.  Perhaps this is because, these are areas that most people flaunt and most people look at.  The steps in getting your butt toned are not secret.  However, doing it religiously is a different matter.

Routines can be monotonous and may cause you to lose the initial spark and zeal of doing it.  Here are some tips and suggestion on how you can maintain the spark alive especially when you’ve been exercising and the results have yet to be achieved.

First and foremost, keep your body active.  Whether it is a simple walk through the park or a 10 km run, it helps to keep your energy up.  Keeping you body in constant motion will help increase your metabolism and thus help burn more calories.  Most people think that by just doing strength training they can achieve toner buttocks.  However, this is not the case.  A cardio workout is needed to lose all the unwanted fats.  So it’s important to keep your metabolic rate at a healthy level so you can burn more fats and achieve a toner butt.

Be sure to give you body some rest.  Doing strength training butt exercises like squats and lunges can help turn your flabby tushy into a stronger muscle group.  However, it is when you body is resting that actual growing of muscles occur.  So take the time to take a load off your butt so it will develop further.   So heed the advice of many experts to alternate cardio workout with strength training.  You burn while being active and you grow while taking a rest.

Challenge your butt properly.  Start with fewer repetitions and sets and gradually increase the number.  Squatting your way to a firmer and tighter butt is just not the right way to do it.  Your butt can take only so much so determine what is still healthy for you.  The key here is gradual increase.  In the same manner, adding resistance like weights and resistance bands must be done carefully.

A well-planned exercise routine works better than merely tiring your self.  Challenge your butt properly and you will see results.  Workout smarter and achieve more for your butt.

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Anna Kournikova's backside doesn't look like this for nothing. It takes work!

Looking good and staying fit is more than just a few exercise reps away -start by using your mind.  In whatever exercise regimen you do, it is imperative that you put your utmost commitment to it.  Your mindset determines your success as well as your failure.  Instead of facing the truth about the right way to get a great butt, many choose the easy way out.  Too many people have quit even before they have actually started.

Many people exercise for the wrong reason (mainly to impress other).  Fitness and health provides welcomed after effects – a great body, a more pleasant attitude and more energy just to name a few.  However, many simply focus on the “great body” part.  However, if this is simply the end that you want then you are missing out on all the benefits that you can take advantage of.

Commitment is an important element that you should have.  Your efforts will be futile unless your whole heart is in the activity.  More than that, your heart must be devoted to achieving your goal – preferable the right one.

Remember that your butt is just one place.  An overall work out is desirable.  Though some may put in more time on their glutes, it is imperative that you work other muscle groups.  Several exercises e.g. leg and thigh exercises also help develop your butt whether directly or indirectly.  This gives your butt muscles time to relax and rest.  Like other muscles in your body, they too need to take things slower in order to develop fully.

Exercising your butt must entail a lifestyle change.  From changing your routines to include cardio and strength training, to eating right, are some things you must do.  For the truly committed ones, even the small things matter.  Instead of using the elevator to go up one floor, use the stairs.  Small things do count a lot when you are determined to get your goal.  Whether it is total body fitness and health or specific to your gluteus maximus, having a change in perspective as well as routines can tremendously increase your chances of success.

Before you take on the challenge or continue your endeavor, take the time to ponder on one important question:  How committed are you to getting that absolutely great butt?  There is not a quick way or short cuts only the true determination that the mind provides can propel you towards success.

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Here are some exercises that you can do to start your road to a gorgeous gluteus maximus.  It is important that you remember to keep the exercise regular and make every exercise count.

Squats have been known to help tone the buttocks as well as strengthen the muscles.  Likewise, using this exercise can increase the strength of your legs and your thighs.  Furthermore, hip flexibility will also increase as well as your balance.  If done properly, you can instantly feel your butt burn with every motion.  However done incorrectly, you’ll simply be targeting other areas of your body.

Step ups are also great toning and shaping exercises for your butt.  This exercise requires you to mimic climbing motion.  This is why there are so many climbing machines out in the market.  But you don’t need to spend much.  Your stairs can be more than adequate for this exercise to help you get that firm butt.

Lunges are also a favorite among fitness experts as it works several muscle groups at the same time.  Repeating every motion properly is needed so you can achieve a leaner butt in no time.

These three exercises are great since they require no additional equipment or tools to execute.  However, it is imperative that you do it using the right form and technique.  This is where an exercise buddy comes in handy.  If you prefer to exercise alone, doing the reps in front of the mirror will help you execute it properly.  Another important note to these exercises is to do it regularly but allow your body to rest in between. Overworking your buttocks can prove to be counterproductive.  A reasonable workout schedule is a must.

Before you can flaunt that booty you have to put some work into it.  It takes more than just a couple of squats to squeeze your butt into shape.  But with a little patience and conviction, you can tone those muscles into perfection.

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