Curtsy Lunge
Stand tall with your feet hip-width apart and your hands at your chest or hips. Step one leg back and across behind the other, like a curtsy, lowering until your front thigh is near parallel and your back knee hovers just off the floor. Keep your chest up and front knee tracking over your toes while you feel the stretch through the outer glute and inner thigh. Drive through the front heel to return to standing, then alternate or complete reps on one side before switching.
GLUTES · LOWER BODY
How it is executed
- Stand tall with your feet hip-width apart and your hands at your chest or hips.
- Step one leg back and across behind the other, like a curtsy, lowering until your front thigh is near parallel and your back knee hovers just off the floor.
- Keep your chest up and front knee tracking over your toes while you feel the stretch through the outer glute and inner thigh.
- Drive through the front heel to return to standing, then alternate or complete reps on one side before switching.
- Muscles worked
- Glutes
- Primary muscle
- Gluteus maximus
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Movement pattern
- Lower body
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- What it is for
- StrengthHypertrophy
Variations and substitutions
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