Luges improve the balance and coordination of our body drastically. They are lower body unilateral exercises since you work on each side of your body independently. Lunges require a performance that needs joint stability and control that increase the neurological and muscular demands. This workout engages your core and abdominal muscles. A strong core improves balance and posture.

Types of Lunges

Stationary lunges

This type of lunges targets your lower body like thighs, glutes, and hamstrings. It includes a downward movement that involves an eccentric contraction of the hams, quads, and glutes. 

In stationary lunges, you can put your weight on your front leg and use your back leg to balance, stabilize, and support your entire body.

Side lunges 

Side lunges target your inner and outer thighs, quadriceps, hips, and legs. It provides you stability, balance, and strength. Side lunges train your body to move side to side, which is a nice change from your body’s regular movements.

Walking lunges 

The walking variation targets your core, hips, and glutes and improves overall stability. In this type, the downward movement remains the same, with the same pressure are put on all the leg and thigh muscles. You can make walking lunges difficult by adding weights. You can hold a dumbbell in each hand while doing this exercise. 

Reverse lunges 

Reverse lunges activate your core, glutes, and hamstrings. It is ideal for people who have knee concerns, difficulty balancing, or less hip mobility.

Twist lunges 

Twist lunges target your ankle and feet muscles. You can add a twist to stationary, walking, or reverse lunges to activate your core and glutes more deeply.

Benefits of lunges 

– Improve balance and coordination of the body 

– Weight loss 

– Boost flexibility 

– Gluteal Muscles activation 

– Provide muscular symmetry 

– Better spinal health 

Lunges are super cool fitness!