Gluts
Why This Exercise: Excellent for your gluts, individual leg strength and balance. Utilize a barbell for heavier weights or dumbbells or kettlebells. The deficit will allow more work to be done, focus on the gluts and work a range that you haven’t targeted before.
Target Muscles: Gluts primarily, Quads, Hamstring Secondarily
Pro Tips: Lean slightly forward at your waist, allow your supported knee to push forward slightly. Absorb and push through your front leg and keep your feet shoulder width apart as you step back. Keep your front knee in line with the middle of y our foot as you step back and come forward.
- Utilize a barbell, dumbbells or kettlebells
- Use a 4 inch step or weight plates to set up the deficit
- Stand up tall, brace abdominals
- Lean forward at the waist while sitting your hips back going into a lunge
- Step back with the right foot as you load all of your weight on the left leg
- Keep your feet shoulder with apart and lower your knee to the ground
- Without pause, push down through the sep with your left foot and stand up tall, extending at the knee and hip
- Keep your left knee in line with the 2nd toe of the left foot,,,try not to let the knee move left to right
- Repeat with the same leg for the set
- After the set, repeat on the other leg
