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Bodyweight Walking Lunge
Bodyweight Walking Lunge is a beginner strength exercise. It works the quadriceps, with help from the calves, glutes and hamstrings.
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- Main muscles
- quadriceps
- Also works
- 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.
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Similar exercises
- Single-Leg High Box Squat · other, beginner
- Trap Bar Deadlift · other, beginner
- Suspended Split Squat · other, intermediate
- Weighted Squat · other, intermediate
- Barbell Side Split Squat · barbell, beginner
- Barbell Squat · barbell, beginner
- Barbell Walking Lunge · barbell, beginner
- Bodyweight Squat · body only, beginner
General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).