Question about lunges in Power Hour........

[Calico]

Is the leg that is back supposed to hurt more than the front leg's thigh? My leg that is back hurts more than the front, could I be doing something wrong?

I made it through Power Hour this morning my 2nd time doing it. My knees still want to buckle coming down the stairs after doing it, but the workout goes by so fast and before you know it you are on the floor doing the killer abs.

Take care and God bless you all!!

Annette

 

[FitnessGoddess]

Hi Annette,

I don't know if the back leg is SUPPOSED to hurt more than the front leg but I do know that's how it works for me. My quad burns like it's on fire.

Hope someone comes in & gives us an answer.

Deborah--formerly known as GettingFit, now the Fitness Goddess thanks to Cathe! LOL [link:www.mindundermuscle.com/web%20pages/hawver|http://www.mindundermuscle.com/HB.gif]

 

[Lizzie]

Hi Annette!

I do believe that you are working the quad of the back leg more than the quad of the front leg when doing a lunge - especially the lunges with varied counts such as in Power Hour. However, you should be focusing on pushing up through the heel of your front leg in order to get at the hamstring of your front leg. I still have Cathe's voice my head every lunge I do saying "PUSH through that heel, feel it in those hamstrings and glutes!" I think it is ok that you feel the burning in your rear leg quads, as long as you focus on your front leg as well. I find when doing those high-rep lunges I do have to focus on my form more than if I were going slow because there's really less time to think about form during each rep. I too feel the back quad more in PH lunges than in PS or S&H - maybe it's the whole endurance aspect of it.

 

[Calico]

Thanks gals , I will try to redirect my focus........

at least I know I am not the only one hurting with those lunges.

God bless you both!!!

Annette

 

[naughtoj]

RE: Thanks gals , I will try to redirect my focus........

I know my back thigh works harder, However, I tend to think it is more of a flexibility thing. My quads are always tight and that position seems to really stretch em'. I think what you feel is a combo of muscular work and tightness. It helps me if I try to stretch some before beginning.
Janice
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[hounddogs]

Hi, Annette:

You're working the back of the front leg and the front of the back leg in lunges. If you want to feel it more in the front leg, shift your weight forward a bit by leaning over the front leg until you feel the distribution you like. We all have different pelvic girdles, and it may not work for everyone to be straight up and down when doing these. Also, if your hamstrings are already more in shape than your quads, your quads are going to feel it more till they even out.

Those Power Hour lunges are something! I even get it in my back calves.

--Ann