I am doing powerhour and find that I am having a hard time doing those lunges.I find that when I do them my back leg seems to be acheing mroe than the front one. And my toes on the back legs are uncomfortable.I do the lunges with no weight so I can make it thru the set. Anyone have any suggestions?
Having trouble with lunges
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I am doing powerhour and find that I am having a hard time doing those lunges.I find that when I do them my back leg seems to be acheing mroe than the front one. And my toes on the back legs are uncomfortable.I do the lunges with no weight so I can make it thru the set. Anyone have any suggestions?
Just my 2 cents
You could varying the angle of your back leg. When I did the Bodybar videos Keli did lunges with the back leg at an angle and I find this easier than with my leg right behind me.
Also do fewer reps per set I do 8 rest then 8 more and rest that helps. With your toes try pushing aback a bit more with your heel see if that helps
Babs
You could varying the angle of your back leg. When I did the Bodybar videos Keli did lunges with the back leg at an angle and I find this easier than with my leg right behind me.
Also do fewer reps per set I do 8 rest then 8 more and rest that helps. With your toes try pushing aback a bit more with your heel see if that helps
Babs
Just my 2 cents
You could varying the angle of your back leg. When I did the Bodybar videos Keli did lunges with the back leg at an angle and I find this easier than with my leg right behind me.
Also do fewer reps per set I do 8 rest then 8 more and rest that helps. With your toes try pushing aback a bit more with your heel see if that helps
Babs
You could varying the angle of your back leg. When I did the Bodybar videos Keli did lunges with the back leg at an angle and I find this easier than with my leg right behind me.
Also do fewer reps per set I do 8 rest then 8 more and rest that helps. With your toes try pushing aback a bit more with your heel see if that helps
Babs
kathryn
Cathlete
You could modify the move by doing more of a 1-legged squat (the most effective move for working the glutes, according to some recent test). Rest the top of your back leg on a surface about 10" high (you'll have to experiment here). You could use a step for this. Then focus on pushing through the front heel. This should take most of the stress off the back leg. Try this at first with no weight or very light weight, as the balance challenge is greater, and I don't want to "see" you fall over!
kathryn
Cathlete
You could modify the move by doing more of a 1-legged squat (the most effective move for working the glutes, according to some recent test). Rest the top of your back leg on a surface about 10" high (you'll have to experiment here). You could use a step for this. Then focus on pushing through the front heel. This should take most of the stress off the back leg. Try this at first with no weight or very light weight, as the balance challenge is greater, and I don't want to "see" you fall over!
I hear ya! I don't have any real advice, per se. I can just say it happens to me, too (the burning quad on my back leg-not the foot hurting). I believe it's because my back quad gets toasted before my glute and hamstring, which seem to take a lot of heat before I feel it. I did PH last night and for the first time I though,"I think my quads are NUMB!!!" after those lunges.
Anyway, I do a lot of walking around the room after the sets to get rid of the lactic acid.
HTH
Kathy
Anyway, I do a lot of walking around the room after the sets to get rid of the lactic acid.
HTH
Kathy
I hear ya! I don't have any real advice, per se. I can just say it happens to me, too (the burning quad on my back leg-not the foot hurting). I believe it's because my back quad gets toasted before my glute and hamstring, which seem to take a lot of heat before I feel it. I did PH last night and for the first time I though,"I think my quads are NUMB!!!" after those lunges.
Anyway, I do a lot of walking around the room after the sets to get rid of the lactic acid.
HTH
Kathy
Anyway, I do a lot of walking around the room after the sets to get rid of the lactic acid.
HTH
Kathy
I have tons of problems with lunges too because the burns kill me. I've come to learn that if I lower the weights on the barbells and handweights, I'm able to last longer.
Give that a try. I've even done them with no weights at all - just my body weight. That's enough to make them burn like mad.
I hope someday soon, I'll be able to use the heavy weights Cathe uses, but alas, so far, I can't.
Laura
Give that a try. I've even done them with no weights at all - just my body weight. That's enough to make them burn like mad.
I hope someday soon, I'll be able to use the heavy weights Cathe uses, but alas, so far, I can't.
Laura
I have tons of problems with lunges too because the burns kill me. I've come to learn that if I lower the weights on the barbells and handweights, I'm able to last longer.
Give that a try. I've even done them with no weights at all - just my body weight. That's enough to make them burn like mad.
I hope someday soon, I'll be able to use the heavy weights Cathe uses, but alas, so far, I can't.
Laura
Give that a try. I've even done them with no weights at all - just my body weight. That's enough to make them burn like mad.
I hope someday soon, I'll be able to use the heavy weights Cathe uses, but alas, so far, I can't.
Laura
naughtoj
Cathlete
I find that my degree of tightness in the lower body also determines how well I can survive a lunge. My back leg always kills, but I find that when I do alot of pre stretching, especially with the hip flexors, the dicomfort is minimal..For me, I think it is actually the stretch that kills!!
Janice
Janice
naughtoj
Cathlete
I find that my degree of tightness in the lower body also determines how well I can survive a lunge. My back leg always kills, but I find that when I do alot of pre stretching, especially with the hip flexors, the dicomfort is minimal..For me, I think it is actually the stretch that kills!!
Janice
Janice