How to tread water and back float

I recently became a swimming enthusiast, and I can manage to do freestyle for roughly 50m nonstop (I’m improving my freestyle too). My main concern now is that I can’t tread water or back float at all.

I’m pretty lean, so I have low buoyancy. I watched some videos on egg beater kicks and how to hold breath while back floating but it’s not helping. When I try to backfloat, my glutes bend and sink. Similarly treading doesn’t work either for me.

I can do doggy paddling for a while though, but that’s also tiresome and I can’t manage to stand on one position after a while.

PS: 30 , Male

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