Explore the benefits of lunges, from enhancing lower-body strength to improving balance and flexibility. Perfect your form and see results. Never skip a leg day! Whether you love them or love to hate ...
It's no secret that lunges can help strengthen the muscles in your hips, glutes, and hamstrings, as well as improve your balance and flexibility. But if your knees are feeling strained after a set, ...
Text and Demonstration by Anna Maltby Visuals by Theodore Tae A lunge is a lower-body exercise that builds leg strength, especially in the quads, hamstrings and glutes. Practicing lunges can help your ...
Step aside squats — it’s time to lunge your way to greatness. Austin Head, a trainer at Life Time fitness club in New York, said the lower body exercise is a simple yet powerful way to boost your ...
Lunges are a key exercise for runners because they are a unilateral movement – ie. one leg is dominant and so replicates the running gait. When we run, we use just one limb at a time to continuously ...
When it comes to cardiovascular fitness, you may tend to focus on activities that move you forward, such as walking, running and cycling. Likewise, in weight training, most traditional exercises ...
Naturally, runners are singularly focused on moving forwards as quickly and efficiently as possible. But concentrating on strengthening the most common muscle groups for running means others can be ...
There’s a reason lunges are at the top of many trainers’ lists of favorite exercises. “Lunges are a functional exercise with a shifting base of support that improves core stability, balance, and leg ...
In the realm of functional fitness, lateral lunges are a versatile and underrated exercise, often overshadowed by forward and reverse lunge variations. Yet, these side lunges have a ton of great ...
Editor’s note: Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical ...
The Push-up, Squat, and Lunge are not just exercises—they are the blueprints for a life free from dependency. By committing ...
A swole upper body might look good on Instagram, but for real-life practicality, you also need a bit of leg work. Stronger legs help power all manner of activities from cycling to swimming, as this ...