Beginner exercise

Bodyweight Walking Lunge

  • Muscle Growth
  • Calisthenics

Technique

How to perform Bodyweight Walking Lunge

  1. Begin standing with your feet shoulder width apart and your hands on your hips.
  2. Step forward with one leg, flexing the knees to drop your hips.
  3. Descend until your rear knee nearly touches the ground.
  4. Your posture should remain upright, and your front knee should stay in line with the front foot.
  5. Drive through the heel of your lead foot and extend both knees to raise yourself back up.
  6. Step forward with your rear foot, repeating the lunge on the opposite leg.

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Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Gluteus Maximus, Rectus Femoris, Vastus Lateralis, Vastus Medialis.

MuscleScoreRole
Gluteus Maximus1.0Target, Mover
Rectus Femoris0.9Target, Mover
Vastus Lateralis0.9Target, Mover
Vastus Medialis0.9Target, Mover
Gluteus Medius0.5Mover, Stabilizer