How to Perform Walking Lunges

Top Tips:

• Keep chest high and shoulders back. Don’t let your chest ‘drop’ at the expense of range of motion. It’s better to not get your knee as far over your toe and get less range of motion but keep your upper body upright, than going all the way down but letting the upper body drop and not having great form.

• Step forward with your right leg, putting the weight into your heel.

• Bend the right knee, lowering down so that it’s parallel to the floor in a lunge position. Pause for a beat.

• Without moving the right leg, move your left foot forward, repeating the same movement on the left leg. Pause as your left leg is parallel to the floor in a lunge position. The aim is to get your knees to travel as far over your toes as possible.

• Take a step to the side before you lunge - cue - imagine you are lunging over train tracks rather than a tightrope!!

• Master the basics first! Bodyweight lunges are great, if you’re already struggling with bodyweight - don’t add in dumbbells - get as much tempo and control with bodyweight lunges before you consider progressing.