Walking Lunges

How to do walking lunges properly, with perfect form and technique! The best single-leg exercise to build strong quads, glutes, and hamstrings for the squat!

Purpose:

Build Hip-Knee-Ankle Stability
Increase Leg Hypertrophy
Teach Single Leg Squatting Mechanics

Prime Movers:

Quadriceps (Legs)
Hamstring Complex (Legs)
Glutes (Hips)

How To Do Walking Lunges Properly

Standing erect, take one large step forward and plant your foot with toes straight ahead.
Grasp the floor with your lead foot and press the ball of your posterior foot back into the ground behind you.
While maintaining these two points of contact with the ground, brace your core, keep your hips square and torso vertical as you descend straight down into a lunge.
Stop just before your posterior knee touches the floor and pause briefly before ascending.
As you ascend, pull your lead heel into the ground to pull yourself up and forward while extending both knees and taking another large step forward, to repeat the movement.
If your knee goes past your toes then your step was too short or you leaned too far forward.
To increase the intensity, hold two dumbbells to your sides.