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The front lunge is a staple of bodyweight strength training programs. But you can make the lunge even more effective by making some simple tweaks. Check out these simple lunge variations to strengthen your hip flexors and legs!
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In this video, Trevor explains how to do the lunge exercise with a focus on the hip flexors and quads. He also shows you reverse nordic curls to strengthen the quads. If you do lunges as part of your bodyweight workout routine, you may be making some simple mistakes of habit.
By adjusting your lunges, you can train for even more functional strength that will keep your body balanced. By balancing out the muscles of your legs and hip muscles, you can avoid getting trapped in poor posture with stiff, inflexible hips.
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@Uprighthealth3 years agoTold you have FAI? To free yourself from hip pain, check out the FAI Fix at N o FAI but still want to make your hips pain-free, strong, and mobile? Check out Healthy Hips! .....Expand
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@vivianhudacek15563 years agoYall have the best videos! I so appreciate how you zero in on the seemingly small tweaks that really make a huge difference. Your approach reminds me o. ...Expand1
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@steverabbits4 years agoExcellent video, you really have great control. I' m an older guy nowadays and you will find that as well as hip piking and knee giving way, balance. ...Expand4
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@curiousgee55134 years agoWow this is terrific. I needed this. I also watched your foot placement. I appreciate you showing such detailed examples. Thank you! 1
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@helenjohnson75834 years agoThis is super helpful to see demonstrated in profile. I was afraid id hurt my knees doing the lunges that the trainer at my gym told me to do. Your f id="hidden5"orm is more exact and it confirms the style that i learned in svaroopa yoga. Yours is a very effective technique! Thanks!. ...Expand8
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@Jessica-zj1rw3 years agoThank you so much. This was super helpful to me. When i' m alone i never know how to interpret all the things my body is doing as i attempt to work. ...Expand1
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@alpanaaggarwal86704 years agoThank you for this very useful and valuable insight!
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@davidwayne99822 years agoMakes sense. I' ve done martail arts (high ranking black belts in 5 styles) and i know the imporatance of angles. But it' s been a long time id="hidden7" since i was able to do any of it. Got mashed between 2 trucks. In 99 and am still not close to normal yet). ...Expand
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@onceuponthecross14 years agoThis is a nice variation. I like to do some sets for both stances as this hits more the hip flexing part of the quad while the other hits more glutes.
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@BouncySlim14 years agoI wanna live where you are. Beautiful setting. 2
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@mattblatt014 years agoThanks for this lesson! I am liking the channel! I am seeing a bit of conflict on overhead pressing. Should we be overhead loading our bodies repetitively. ...Expand
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@ddemaine4 years agoUseful guide. The issue i have with lunges, is keeping balance on the trailing foot. How do you keep balance so well?
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@Oliver-mk1xe4 years agoGreat video. When doing this exercise i find that most of my back foot comes off the ground and im putting basically all the weight through the big t id="hidden10"oe (which is quite painful) do you guys have any videos on foot/toe mobility?. ...Expand
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@KumaBun4 years agoOh wow - after trying out your tweak, i really feel this hard in the glutes and hip area more than my quads! Can your tweak also apply to step-ups?
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@arsun67864 years agoThere a way to focus more on iliacus instead of psoas?
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@Syed_Nouman2 years agoThis hurts my hip flexor, what do i do, im good at squats tho.
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@paulfield18384 years agoWhat does a person like me does who has arthritis in my toes and can' t backload. 2
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@AM-dn1iq4 years agoCan u guys do a video on severe glute amnesia i' m finding it really hard to do any exercise pretty much i dont even feel my glutes i keep feeling it i' ve struggling with this for two yrs and i get too much bak pain. ...Expand9
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@colmrooney414last yearIf the quds dont fully engage the lower back compensates and the lower abs tense up mistaking forengagement? Core should be include 360 degrees imo. Also from the side you don' t see that the legs need to have a slight gap between so the knee doesn' t turn in. It allows for a slight curve in the legs as they are designed like a wave i. E. Goata drop in. Spine needs to be straight and the leg angle should be at 90 degrees. Practise the movement not the muscle- to gainwe need to ask what for?. ...Expand
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@dorothystarshine98214 years agoI need this workout. Please send a copy or tell me how to get it.
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@WooliteMammoth4 years agoThere' s no transference to sprinting doing a lunge this way - the force is going up, not into hip extension on the back leg, where as with running. ...Expand
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@Lsi5814 years agoGenerally the back leg is there for balance and all your weight is on the front. Plenty of different types of lunges this is just one version of many.
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@davidwayne99822 years agoSome problems i might encounter? Ha - i may get down and need to call a wrecker (tow truck) to get my fat a. Up! Ha.
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@stoppernz2294 years agoDon' t round ya butt in if you care about your lower back.
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@Uprighthealth3 years agoTold you have FAI? To free yourself from hip pain, check out the FAI Fix at N o FAI but still want to make your hips pain-free, strong, and mobile? Check out Healthy Hips! .....Expand
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@vivianhudacek15563 years agoYall have the best videos! I so appreciate how you zero in on the seemingly small tweaks that really make a huge difference. Your approach reminds me o. ...Expand1
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@steverabbits4 years agoExcellent video, you really have great control. I' m an older guy nowadays and you will find that as well as hip piking and knee giving way, balance. ...Expand4
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@helenjohnson75834 years agoThis is super helpful to see demonstrated in profile. I was afraid id hurt my knees doing the lunges that the trainer at my gym told me to do. Your f id="hidden17"orm is more exact and it confirms the style that i learned in svaroopa yoga. Yours is a very effective technique! Thanks!. ...Expand8
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@Jessica-zj1rw3 years agoThank you so much. This was super helpful to me. When i' m alone i never know how to interpret all the things my body is doing as i attempt to work. ...Expand1
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@davidwayne99822 years agoMakes sense. I' ve done martail arts (high ranking black belts in 5 styles) and i know the imporatance of angles. But it' s been a long time id="hidden19" since i was able to do any of it. Got mashed between 2 trucks. In 99 and am still not close to normal yet). ...Expand
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@mattblatt014 years agoThanks for this lesson! I am liking the channel! I am seeing a bit of conflict on overhead pressing. Should we be overhead loading our bodies repetitively. ...Expand
@
@Oliver-mk1xe4 years agoGreat video. When doing this exercise i find that most of my back foot comes off the ground and im putting basically all the weight through the big t id="hidden22"oe (which is quite painful) do you guys have any videos on foot/toe mobility?. ...Expand
@
@AM-dn1iq4 years agoCan u guys do a video on severe glute amnesia i' m finding it really hard to do any exercise pretty much i dont even feel my glutes i keep feeling it i' ve struggling with this for two yrs and i get too much bak pain. ...Expand9
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@colmrooney414last yearIf the quds dont fully engage the lower back compensates and the lower abs tense up mistaking forengagement? Core should be include 360 degrees imo. Also from the side you don' t see that the legs need to have a slight gap between so the knee doesn' t turn in. It allows for a slight curve in the legs as they are designed like a wave i. E. Goata drop in. Spine needs to be straight and the leg angle should be at 90 degrees. Practise the movement not the muscle- to gainwe need to ask what for?. ...Expand
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@WooliteMammoth4 years agoThere' s no transference to sprinting doing a lunge this way - the force is going up, not into hip extension on the back leg, where as with running. ...Expand
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