Lower Body: Lunge Variations Video

Lunges are a terrific lower body workout that work the quads and buttocks muscle groups. Learn how to perform lunge variations properly from a certified personal trainer in this workout video.

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Begin jumping lunges
Switch legs mid air
Implement side lunges

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Mimi Saraiva is a former gymnast for the Brazil national team. Mimi moved to Los Angeles 10 years ago and is now a certified and licensed personal trainer and a trainer for iTRAIN.com. iTRAIN provides more than 275 workouts in its library ranging from treadmill to elliptical, cycling, strength training, and many more.

Hi everyone! This is Mimi and welcome to Lower Body. Today I'm going to teach you two lower body moves, the first one called the power lunge and the second one the side lunge with a dumbbell touch. Let's start with the first one. We are going to do 10 jumping lunges with each side. So all you need to do is put your feet apart, one in front of the other. I want you to lower your body down and as you're coming up you're going to explode, jump up, and switch legs in the air. Okay? Now we're going to do this 10 times. Alright, position, chest out, hips forward, and low. One, two, keep breathing, this is a very good cardiovascular exercise as well, five, and keep your posture, seven, nine, last one and ten. That was your first exercise. Alright guys, those were your power lunges. We're going into our second exercise which is a side lunge with the dumbbell touch. Go ahead and grab your dumbbell with the opposite hand that you would step. Let's start with the right leg. I want you to give a big step to the side and lower your body forward at the same time, you're going to touch your toe with the dumbbell and bring it back to the first position. We're going to do it 10 times with each leg. Ready, chest out, abs tight, looking forward the whole time and let's go. Touch and up. Two, three, four, and five get really low and make sure you put all your body weight on your heel so you're not hurting your knees. Let's do two more on this side and ten. Now, let's do the same thing but with the left side, chest out, abs in and let's do it. Count, [DEMONSTRATION] two, touch, three, four, five, almost there, six, seven, eight, breathe, last one and 10. So that's it you guys, those are your power lunge moves of the day. My name is Mimi and I'll see you soon.

Lower Body: Lunge Variations Video

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