Intermediate exercise
Crossover Reverse Lunge
Also called Curtsy Lunge (Bodyweight)
Technique
How to perform Crossover Reverse Lunge
- Stand upright with your feet about hip-width apart and your torso facing forward.
- Step one foot backward and across behind the standing leg.
- Bend the front hip and knee to lower into the lunge while keeping your torso facing forward and the front foot planted.
- Keep the crossed rear foot as support without twisting your trunk toward either side.
- Push through the front leg to return to standing and uncross the rear foot.
- Repeat on the other side with the same controlled crossing step.
Programming relevance
Muscles involved
Primary targets: Gluteus Maximus, Vastus Lateralis, Vastus Medialis.
MuscleScoreRole
Calisthenics graph
Progression relationships
These relationships describe graph position, not personal readiness.