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This.
Also, if your not really losing weight have you ever thought you might not be overweight in the first place?
Excess fat is very easy to get rid off. Id be surprised if an active person like a cyclist who doesnt pig out on sugar 24/7 was fat at all.
Most people carry a basic amount of fatty tissue around the hips/arse and stomach, this is not "excess" it is healthy. It will not leave unless you expose yourself to unhealthy "famine" levels of starvation will make you very ill and will be ugly as hell. This fat serves an imprtant purpose and only looks unsightly on those people LACKING muscular bodyweight to improve their overall shape (and firmness if you will). Muscle turns a saggy, crinkly/dimpled, fat, backside into firm round perky things. The amount of fat "in yo ass" does not change, it might actually increase. But your arse will look & function amazingly if you seek athletic weight gain.
Sometimes muscle does not actually need to increase, it simply needs to be activated. A lot of peoples glutes in particular are totally dormant. The way to turn them on (and improve muscle tone) is not to do the ridiculous bums & tums classes. But instead to recruit them maximally doing things like heavy barbell lifts. Like deadlifts & squats.
If you dont like the idea of a gym, step ups (on a high bench) will work well. Also vertical jumps out of a deep squat.