Walking lunges with torso rotation and leg lift
Category: Strength
Level: 3
6-8 reps each leg
Carla van den Berg
- Knee stacked over ankle
- Both feet pointing forward
- Torso upright
- Rotate to same side as bent knee
- Rotate slowly and with control
- For leg lift, bring back knee forward and up to a 90-degree angle while moving arms above the head
- Pause at leg lift
- Knee collapsing inward
- Cue "Look down: Can you see the inside of your front foot (arch)?"
- Cue "Push knee out towards pinky toe"
- Back foot twisting
- Cue "Point toes straight ahead"
- Rotating too quickly
- Cue "Turn slowly"
- Cue "Keep eyes following hand"
- Not pausing at leg lift
- Cue "Stand up tall and still"
- Knee control
- Ankle stability
- Glute and quad activation & strength
- Thoracic spine mobility
- Shoulder mobility
- Posture
- Single-leg deceleration mechanics