Walking Lunge (Barbell)

Muscles worked

Primary: quads

Secondary: calves, glutes, hamstrings

How to do it

  1. Begin standing with your feet shoulder width apart and a barbell across your upper back.
  2. Step forward with one leg, flexing the knees to drop your hips. Descend until your rear knee nearly touches the ground. Your posture should remain upright, and your front knee should stay above the front foot.
  3. Drive through the heel of your lead foot and extend both knees to raise yourself back up.
  4. Step forward with your rear foot, repeating the lunge on the opposite leg.

Log your Walking Lunge (Barbell) in the Stren app: see what you did last time on every set, your estimated 1RM per exercise and when to go heavier.

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