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Lunge Backward

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  Primary Muscle Group: Glutes

Muscle Groups Worked in This Exercise: Glutes and Quadriceps

Preparation: Stand with your hands on your hips or behind your head. Take a large step backward and drop your trailing knee toward the floor.

Breathing: Breath out on the contraction upward and breath back in on the way back down to the start position.

Execution: Take a large step backward and drop your trailing knee toward the floor. Push back up to the starting position and repeat for the other leg.

Here are a few suggested alternative exercises:

  • Ball Leg Lunge
  • Ball Lunge
  • Ball Wall Squat
  • Band Lunge
  • Band Lying Leg Extension
  • Band Squat
  • Band Standing Leg Extension
  • Barbell Bulgarian Split Squat
  • Barbell Lateral Lunge
  • Dead Lift
  • Dumbbell Dead Lift
  • Dumbbell Hack Squat
  • Dumbbell Lateral Lunge
  • Dumbbell Lunge
  • Dumbbell Lunge Crossover
  • Dumbbell Lunge Walking
  • Dumbbell Squat
  • Dumbbell Sumo Squat
  • Front Squat
  • Hack Front Squat
  • Hack Squat
  • Leg Press - Machine
  • Lunge - Barbell
  • Lunge - Smith Machine
  • Lunge Crossover
  • Lunge Diagonal
  • Lunge Forward
  • Squat - Barbell
  • PowerBlock Dumbbells