You may be thinking, “Ohh no, not another article about lunges.” Well, you might be right about the suck part. You are stronger when performing your lower body exercises in a bilateral stance. You worry less about balance, unilateral core strength, or your stabilizing muscles are up for the job...
When lunges are in your workout program, a sense of dread comes over you. No matter the variation, the lack of stability, the testing of balance, and the raising of the heart rate is NOT something that you look forward to. Lunges are like bad-tasting medicines that make you feel better, and this...
Gym goals can be broken down into two major categories: vanity and performance. Generally, the Gen Pop gym-goer has vanity goals like more muscle, less fat, getting ripped, etc. The athlete who is paid to play has their eyes on performance. What can they do to improve their performance on the...
Here’s something most of us can agree on: Lunges are awful. No matter the type of lunges you are doing side lunge, reverse lunge, forward lunge. Very few people jump for joy when it’s time to do lunges —even less are able to jump afterward because of the exercise’s brutality. Like downing...
When it comes to lower body exercises, which one is the GOAT?
Is it the squat? Barbell squats have been used by lifters for generations to build legs that look like tree trunks and perform like a high-performance machine.
Is it the deadlift? Conventional deadlifts are not a pure lower body...