Legs · Bodyweight · Compound · Beginner
Bodyweight Walking Lunge
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Quads
- Also working
- Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings
How to do it
- Begin standing with your feet shoulder width apart and your hands on your hips.
- Step forward with one leg, flexing the knees to drop your hips. Descend until your rear knee nearly touches the ground. Your posture should remain upright, and your front knee should stay above the front foot.
- Drive through the heel of your lead foot and extend both knees to raise yourself back up.
- Step forward with your rear foot, repeating the lunge on the opposite leg.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the quads as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.
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- Box Squat with Chains · Barbell
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