Overhead Dumbbell Lunge
Trains the quadriceps, with help from the hamstrings and glutes. You need a dumbbell. 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.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Overhead Dumbbell Lunge
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 16 on the Quadriceps page.
Muscles worked
What Overhead Dumbbell Lunge trains
Technique
How to do the Overhead Dumbbell Lunge
- Stand with your feet hip-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand. Extend your arms fully overhead with your palms facing each other.
- Step forward with your right foot, lowering your hips until both knees are bent at approximately 90 degrees. Your back knee should hover just above the floor.
- Push through your front heel to return to the starting position, maintaining the dumbbells overhead throughout the movement.
- Alternate legs and repeat the movement for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Maintain a controlled motion to prevent any wobbling or loss of balance.
- Avoid leaning forward; keep your torso upright throughout the exercise.
- Inhale as you step forward and lower into the lunge, and exhale as you push back to the starting position.
Substitutes
Swap Overhead Dumbbell Lunge for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Overhead Dumbbell Lunge 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.