[timarie]

thank u so much for help
and I've just read your reply for bontiaDD
plz can u post the best workouts that u said you will do to accentuate your hips? I'm dreaming of Kim Kardashian's hips

Well to be fair I said I will focus more on those muscles (meaning to isolate them) and by that I mean I will add one, no more than two exercises to my routine per workout. I already do abduction exercises on the abduction machine, and all of my compound exercises contribute to building wider hips. It is said that building the gluteus maximus contributes to building the width of the hips since most workouts that work the gluteus maximus also work the medius and minimus. Additionally, the medius and minimus are worked in all the various forms of abductions, as well as the tensor fasciae latae. The tensor fasciae latae also is worked in walking and lunges and any exercise in which knee extension is involved. It is said that the tensor fascia lata is heavily utilized in horse riding, hurdling and water skiing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_fasciae_latae_muscle ). I used to horseback ride and I used to downhill ski (probably not very comparable to water skiing, but...), but those sports are so darn expensive! So maybe I will just take up hurdling, aha. But, back to my point, my workout routine already is tailored to help build these muscles with the list of compound exercises that I use, so I will just add an exercise or two per lower body day to target these muscles with the abductions. So, I might just add another variation of an abduction (which is the act of bringing the leg outward and away from the body--look at the BN link I pasted above titled "Dips in Hips" and you will see that in that thread I posted a link with some basic abduction variations).

So, along with the current abductor machine workouts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlqBk6xFO_8 that I do, I will probably add: weighted cable abductions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvnR8CDb4BU , fire hydrant stretches (maybe, mostly because a trainer told me it was good to prevent tight hip flexors) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9nIJIkcQH8 , barbell side lunges http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyyhZvaW9co, and that's it to my list. I will probably do two of these abduction exercises per lower body day, and just rotate through the list.

That is my response to your question asking me what I will do. Since you do not want to build the gluteus maximus so much, you may want to make most of your exercises in your routine abduction exercises to avoid hitting the maximus. Here are some more links for you to check out:

Long list of workouts that widen the hips (compound and isolation)
http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/HipsWt.html

Three different lists of recommended exercises to widen the hips by three different trainers:
Nick Nilsson
http://www.fitstep.com/Misc/Newsletter-archives/issue54/hips.htm
and Lo
http://improveyourfemalecurves.com/2011/10/15/free-workout-plan-how-you-can-get-wider-hips/
and Buffie the Body
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gVWVAhCzKI