Megan Thee Stallion starts each one of her fitness vlogs the same way. \u201cWhat\u2019s up y\u2019all, it\u2019s your girl Megan Thee Stallion, aka The Hot Girl Coach,\u201d she\u2019ll say at lightning speed before launching into an animated narration of her workouts. <\/p>\n
Showcasing her range, in some videos she\u2019ll include snippets of the \u201ctorture<\/a>\u201d she endures at Pilates and her first time at Solid Core. And in others, she\u2019s praising the simplest workouts, including step-ups<\/a>, for getting her out of breath<\/a>. <\/p>\n But one workout in particular stands out above the rest: the donkey kick. <\/p>\n In an interview with The Cut<\/a>, the rap artist revealed it\u2019s her go-to workout. \u201cAnything to lift up the butt and anything to keep me sitting on a shelf,\u201d she told the outlet. In fact, she\u2019s into all the \u201cworkouts that I know will keep me sitting like a shelf, those are my favorites.\u201d<\/p>\n In a March 2025 fitness vlog<\/a>, Megan referred to donkey kicks as a traditional workout. Though it\u2019s an \u201cold\u201d workout, she said, \u201cI feel like it\u2019s very effective, very productive. This is probably what helps my booty sit up high as it do.\u201d <\/p>\n And she\u2019s right. The move works the gluteus maximus, the body\u2019s largest muscle, TODAY.com previously reported<\/a>. It isolates the glute, which is ideal for targeted definition and improving strength. And because it requires you to brace your core and control your hip movements as you do it, you\u2019ll also notice the benefits to your posture, your abdominals and your hamstrings.<\/p>\n In true Meg fashion, however, she doesn\u2019t typically call them donkey kicks. She told The Cut that she refers to them at \u201cstallion kicks.\u201d It\u2019s not an unusual choice for the Grammy-winner who\u2019s called hamstring slides, \u201creverse Tony Hawks,<\/a>\u201d and renamed ski-machine pulls \u201crow your boats<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cI make up my own names for my workouts just to cope with the pain,\u201d she said in one video.<\/p>\n As much light-hearted exasperation as the musician injects into in her vlogs, she keeps coming back to the gym. \u201cI keep learning that there\u2019s no limit to what I can do,\u201d she told The Cut. \u201cAs soon as I think I\u2019ve just capped out, I realize I could push myself a little bit harder.\u201d <\/p>\n There\u2019s reward in being challenged. When she got comfortable doing high-intensity interval training<\/a> and her progress stalled, she pushed herself even further with Pilates. <\/p>\n \u201cThat made me super excited to keep discovering different workouts because everything treats your body differently,\u201d said Megan. \u201cI\u2019ve learned that there\u2019s no limit, you can just keep going, you just have to find new ways to get to the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n