How to do the Walking Lunge, step by step
- Stand tall with your feet hip-width.
- Take a big step forward.
- Lower your back knee until it lightly touches the floor.
- Keep your torso upright and your front knee over your foot.
- Drive up through your front leg and take the next step.
Common mistakes and how to fix them
- Back knee slams downjust tap the knee down under control.
- Front knee caves inkeep your knee over your toes.
- Torso tips forwardkeep your chest up.
How to scale the Walking Lunge
If you can't do the movement cleanly yet or the workout is too heavy, use one of these variations:
- Shorter distance
- Lunge in place
- Lunge while holding on to something
Also known as
Lunge
Benchmarks with Walking Lunge
- Filthy Fifty50 each: Box Jumps, Jumping Pull-ups, KB Swings, Walking Lunges, K2E, Push Press, Back Ext., Wall Balls, Burpees, Double Unders
- Loredo6 RFT: 24 Squats, 24 Push-ups, 24 Walking Lunge Steps, 400 m Run
These descriptions are general guidance and don't replace a coach. Have someone at your box show you new movements, and stop if anything hurts.