Side Lunge
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The side lunge steps wide to one side, sitting your hips back and bending that knee while the other leg stays straight. It trains the quads, glutes and adductors through a sideways, unilateral lunge pattern. Beginners use it for reps at home, as a warmup, a main strength move or worked into a circuit.
- Muscles
- Quads, Glutes, Adductors
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Logged as
- Reps
How to
- Stand with your feet together.
- Step wide to one side and sit into that hip.
- Keep the other leg straight and chest tall.
- Push back to standing and alternate sides.
Form cues
- Point your stepping foot slightly outward before you sit.
- Drive through your heel to stand back up.
- Keep your eyes level and looking straight ahead.
Common mistakes
- Bent knee caves inward over the foot. Push that knee out over your toes.
- Torso leans forward instead of sitting back. Sit your hips straight back into the lunge.
- Straight leg's foot lifts off the floor. Root that foot flat and keep the leg straight.
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