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Lateral lunge

StrengthLungeDifficulty ★GymHome / bodyweightCourtClass-style circuitTennisLateral
4.5 MET
≈ 56 kcal per 10 min at 75 kg

How to do it

  1. Step wide to one side, hips back, sitting into that leg.
  2. Other leg stays straight.
  3. Push back to standing.

Coaching cues

  • Chest tall
  • Knee over toes on the bent leg

Common mistakes

  • Knee collapsing inward
  • Rounding forward

Muscles worked

front view of the muscular system
front
back view of the muscular system
back
  • Adductors
  • Glutes
  • Quads
  • Hamstrings

Primary: Adductors, Glutes, Quads · Secondary: Hamstrings

Equipment

None