Barbell Reverse Lunges
Stand tall with a barbell resting across your upper traps and feet hip-width apart. Brace your core and take a controlled step backward with one leg. Lower your body by bending both knees until the front thigh is near parallel to the floor, keeping your torso upright and front heel flat. Push through the front heel to return to the starting position. Alternate legs while maintaining balance and control.
How it is executed
- Stand tall with a barbell resting across your upper traps and feet hip-width apart.
- Brace your core and take a controlled step backward with one leg.
- Lower your body by bending both knees until the front thigh is near parallel to the floor, keeping your torso upright and front heel flat.
- Push through the front heel to return to the starting position.
- Alternate legs while maintaining balance and control.
- Muscles worked
- Glutes
- Primary muscle
- Gluteus maximus
- Equipment
- Barbell
- Movement pattern
- Lower body
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- What it is for
- Strength · Stability · Hypertrophy
