Walking Lunges Love Hate Relationship
Walking Lunges! I have a love hate relationship with. They are a body weight exercise used to strengthen your lower body. You can use walking lunges like I do as part of my warm up before I move onto move advanced movements or I make it part of my leg training routine. When I use walking lunges as part of my leg training routine, I hold dumbbells, Kettlebells and sometimes a pre-weighted barbell too.
If you out for a little walk, jog or run around the neighborhood, you can certainly add walking lunges along the way. Try walking lunges from mailbox to mailbox or driveway to driveway. I have to warn you that you might receive some funny stares from your neighbors.
What muscle group do walking lunges target? The gluteus maximus (muscles of the butt), quadriceps (front of thighs) and hamstrings (back of thighs) and of course your core!
If you want to tone and tighten your thighs and butt but don’t have access to any free weights, machines or equipment, then walking lunges are perfect since you can do them virtually anywhere!!!
Here are a few tips to follow:
To begin, start by standing upright with your feet together. - Placing both hands on your hips which will help to keep you balanced as you walk forward. - Step forward with one leg while lowering your hips to the ground. Your front leg will reach a 90-degree angle. Your front thigh should be parallel with the floor at the bottom position. -With both knees bent, the front knee should be directly above the front foot (not over the toe) and the back knee should be pointing downwards but not touching the ground. - Push off with your front foot while bringing your back foot forward. Repeat the lunge with the other leg.
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