Skin is in this spring, so before you sport your cute shorts, do a few of these leg toning walking forward lunges.
Here's how to do it:
- Stand upright, feet together, holding two light (5-8 pound) dumbbells at your sides (palms facing in).
- Take a controlled step forward with your left leg.
- Lower hips toward the floor and bend both knees (almost at 90 degree angles). The back knee should come close but never touch the ground. Your front knee should be directly over the ankle and the back knee should be pointing down toward the floor.
- Push off the with your right foot and bring it forward to starting position (#1). This completes one rep.
- Next step forward and repeat with the right leg.
- Do 2 sets of 15 reps.
Muscles worked: Glutes, hamstrings and quads.
Fit's Tip: If it is too hard to do with light weights, instead of holding dumbbells, you can place your hands on your waist instead.
Time to Spa
Chloﾎ
Beyond The Valley
for some reason i hate lunges! i know they are good for me tho, now if only i'd actually do some!
1I've been meaning to try these. I hear you can do them on the treadmill, but I wonder if that's a safe thing to do.
2It's always the back leg that wiggles a little for me because I have an off sense of balance....
3I need something to build calves - any ideas - I want Britney's Calves.
4I love walking lunges...People stare at you when you're doing them, but this exercise is so good, I just don't care!
5SO these are actually really good for your butt? For some reason I never believed people when they told me lunges were a good butt workout.. but maybe I'll reconsider. What do I got to loose!
6Usually my knees hurt when I do these, but since I've been getting into running, I really should start doing these. Thanks for the directions in the post.
7As a girl with thigh and butt problem areas, these are the ONLY thing that works to firm up the butt and thin out the thighs. In fact, I think walking lunges, as opposed to other types of lunges, are the absolute best kind. Others tend to hurt my knees too much.
8Thanks stevia for your confidence! You've inspired me to not care what the other people in the gym think when they see me doing walking lunges.
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