Lunge (Curtsy)

How to do it

1. Stand tall with feet hip-width apart, hands clasped at your chest or holding added resistance if desired.
2. Brace your core and cross one foot diagonally behind the other, sweeping it wide like a curtsy.
3. Lower your hips down and back until your front thigh approaches parallel with the floor, keeping the front knee over the front foot.
4. Drive through the front heel to return to standing, resetting your feet before the next rep.
5. Keep a controlled tempo on the way down and a slightly quicker drive on the way up, exhaling as you rise.
6. A common fault is rotating the hips open during the cross step, so keep them squared forward throughout the movement.

Muscles worked

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