Lateral Lunge (Barbell)
Trains the quadriceps, with help from the hamstrings and glutes. You need a barbell. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
Technique
How to do the Lateral Lunge (Barbell)
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a barbell across your upper back. Grip the bar with your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
- Step out to the right with your right foot, lowering your body into a lunge position by bending your right knee and pushing your hips back.
- Push through your right heel to return to the starting position. Repeat the movement on the left side, continuing to alternate legs for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Focus on a controlled descent to maximize muscle engagement and prevent injury.
- Keep your chest up and back straight throughout the movement to maintain proper posture.
- Ensure your knee does not extend beyond your toes to avoid placing undue stress on the joint.
Muscles worked
What Lateral Lunge (Barbell) trains
In the programs
None of our programs use the Lateral Lunge (Barbell)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a quadriceps exercise that is, there are 30 on the Quadriceps page.
Substitutes
Swap Lateral Lunge (Barbell) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Lateral Lunge (Barbell) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.