Overhead Lunge (Barbell)
Trains the quadriceps, with help from the glutes, shoulders and hamstrings. 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 Overhead Lunge (Barbell)
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a barbell overhead with both hands, using a grip slightly wider than shoulder-width. Keep your arms fully extended and your core engaged.
- Step forward with your right foot, lowering your body into a lunge position by bending both knees. Your back knee should hover just above the floor, and your front thigh should be parallel to the floor.
- Push through your front heel to return to the starting position. Repeat the movement with your left leg, continuing to alternate legs for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Keep your arms fully extended and your shoulders engaged to maintain control of the barbell.
- Focus on a controlled descent to maximize muscle engagement and prevent injury.
- Ensure your front knee does not extend beyond your toes to avoid placing undue stress on the knee joint.
Muscles worked
What Overhead Lunge (Barbell) trains
In the programs
None of our programs use the Overhead 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 Overhead Lunge (Barbell) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Overhead 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.