Lunge with the Sandbag
- Degree of Difficulty 30%
Performing the Lunge with the Sandbag on your shoulder
Short Description
- Upright stand. Sandbag lays on the shoulder.
- Lunge to the back.
- Extend your standing leg and hip to get back to the initial position.
Long Description
- In the initial position the upper body is upright and you look to the front. Your feet stand close together and the toes are pointing to the front. Your arm is bent and your forearm is in a parallel position to the floor. The Sandbag lays on your shoulder and you hold it fixed with your hands.
- The sanding leg does not move, but the leg behind slides backwards until you reach an angle of 90° in the knee joint of the standing leg. The more you move back the leg, the higher the load on the buttocks. Your hip is going down a bit. The upper body keeps a straight position and balances the Sandbag on the shoulder.
- Extend the front leg and the hip while you pull back the other leg in the initial position. The upper body comes back into the higher position.
Tips
Don’t move your leg backwards too shortly, because in that position your knee will stay over your toes too far. This would raise the load on your knee joint.
Additional exercise instructions
This Sandbag exercise Lunge has a high load on the thigh muscles because of the additional weight coming from the Sandbag.
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