Walking lunges
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Well to be honest, I would probably do like 3 of them and realize I’m too lazy for this exercise. Haha
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Yes, but not often.
During warm-ups, body-weight phases, as a "finisher" for Bodybuilding-type sessions, or for some "Glycolytic" conditioning phases (they will create a lot of lactic acid burn in the quads).
Georgiaoutdoors
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Previously if used them in a limited way:
-sets of lunges to pre fatigue legs before a run, this was done when I didn’t have time to do a very long run but I needed to train to get used to running on tired legs.
-sets of lunges interspersed in long easy runs, this was done when forced to train on flat ground without hills but needed something to simulate hills.
-sets of lunges to pre fatigue legs before a run, this was done when I didn’t have time to do a very long run but I needed to train to get used to running on tired legs.
-sets of lunges interspersed in long easy runs, this was done when forced to train on flat ground without hills but needed something to simulate hills.
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JPCross
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If I am doing a "Murph" style weight vest workout or doing a short prep for the actual "Murph" in May, I normally sub walking lunges in for the squats. Personally, I have found that if I can do rounds of 5 pullups, 10 pushups, and 10 lunges (per leg) with the vest, the actual "Murph" becomes easier when I do it the prescribed way with squats.
I can definitely see that!
Steve W.
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I don't really think of lunches as an exercise, but I generally prefer to eat sitting down ;-)
Boris Bachmann
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Walking lunges - a good exercise I almost never ever do.
Pasibrzuch
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I don't like it - if you have any hip asymmetry (hip-shift, ir/er disproportions between legs) it's very likely you'll cement them while doing walking lunges. For the purpose of unilateral training I prefer pistols (a gret diagnostic tool as well), split-squats, b-stance deadlifts (when I want to work on the relative motion of the pelvis), and wall-resisted hip airplanes.
Of course you might be less bodily twisted than me, so you do you.
Of course you might be less bodily twisted than me, so you do you.
GovernorSilver
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Walking lunge with racked KB was one of Steve Cotter's faves, from what I recall of a KB workshop he did years ago. It was one of several exercises he favored for martial arts related conditioning.
There's a photo of him doing pistol squat with double 32kg or 40kg KBs.
There's a photo of him doing pistol squat with double 32kg or 40kg KBs.
3letterslong
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For strength/mass training, I do tactical lunges (passing the kettlebell to my other hand between my legs) in an EDT fashion. I do them both walking and stationary.
For conditioning, I do walking lunges with a dumbell in each hand and do seesaw presses synchronized with the walking lunges. I guess I also kind of do this in an EDT fashion, but I'm not actually counting anything.
For conditioning, I do walking lunges with a dumbell in each hand and do seesaw presses synchronized with the walking lunges. I guess I also kind of do this in an EDT fashion, but I'm not actually counting anything.
watchnerd
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NGL, I have no idea what either 'tactical' or EDT means in this context
That would be lunges with tactical pants on and Every Day I'm Tacticalin sorta like Every Day I'm Hustlin.
3letterslong
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"Tactical lunges" are the name I learned for the lunge variation I described and I program them by using Escalating Density Training, which is when you count your reps or sets in a given time period and try to exceed them.
ShawnM
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Yup, and often. I can't do much with weighted squats unless it's goblet squats. Walking lunges are great! You will hear that you need more but you don't depending on your goals. I just want to live long, I'm in my 50's, those that lift and all that might have a different opinion. If you can do bench