walking lunges

[kaykay]

Is there anything you can put in place or 200 walking lunges? I don't want to walk around the house or yard lunging. Just checking, otherwise I guess I will leave them out of the rotation. Thanks

 

[purple_magada]

Just wondering why you don't want to walk around the yard or house doing walking lunges? Heck I'm 7 months pregnant and I did them 2 weeks ago in a parking lot - yeah people looked at me but who cares?

 

[fitxme]

I'm wondering the same thing...

~Marietta
FITXME

 

[Mckmain]

I don't mind doing them in my house either. I'd suggest doing front lunges with a low weight like 5 lbs in each hand, but to do 4 or 5 sets of 20 reps on each leg. This is the only substitution I can think of. Maybe others will post......Carole

 

[red_mct]

They're easier to manage in the hallway, lol. Just walk down and back, down and back, down and back....



Cheers,
Marie

 

[Gayle]

Walking lunges are great for your legs! It's definitely to your advantage to leave them in the rotation.

Try doing them in multiple sets of 10 or 20 instead of one big set of 200. I have enough room in my workout space to do 4 or 5 lunges in one direction, then turn around and go back.

 

[NicoleP]

>
> I have enough room in my workout space to do 4 or
>5 lunges in one direction, then turn around and go back.

Yep this is what I do Heck I have done them at the YMCA running/ walking area and that works good to! I would do them in my drive way, but it has been WAY to hot GOOD LUCK!!

~Nicole

 

[kathryn]

You don't have to walk all around the yard or house doing these. You could modify them by finding the longest space I could (a hallway, as others have suggested, or the length of a room), then doing as many forward as I can, turn around and go back the other way. Just make sure that you can either do an even number both ways, or if it's an odd number, start each pass with the opposite leg, to make sure to do the same number of reps for each leg. You could also do several forward walking lunges, then without turning around, return to the beginning doing rear lunges.

 

[NicoleP]

then without turning around, return to the
>beginning doing rear lunges.

WOW Kathryn,
I did not even think of this I am sending you a BIG cyber((HUG))

~Nicole

 

[candi]

I do the same thing but I tag them on to a cardio day as part of my 45 minutes of cardio as they certainly keep the heart rate up. I do 15 down my hall and 15 back several times until I have done 5 to 10 minutes worth. I use 5-10 lb weights depending on how I feel that day. The higher the weight, the slower my pace.

I can really feel it the next day x(

 

[SRP]

I recently started doing them myself but pulled my knee. I'm concentrating very hard on form right now! I'm practicing with the static lunges and really watching that my knee doesn't get ahead of my toe, and also paying attention to how the back leg feels, because I think that's actually where the injury came in - that sort of stretch it causes. I'm using dumbbells, one in each hand, with the static lunges - 15 lbs each, I think.

 

[kaykay]

Thank you for all the suggestions. I will use the area I have and keep them in the rotation. Until I read another a thread I didn't even know what they were. No particular reason I dont want to do them outside just me I guess.