Strength · Lunge · Sandbag

Sandbag Walking Lunges

Sandbag Walking Lunges is a strength exercise with a sandbag that mainly works the quads, with help from the glutes, adductors and upper back.

Animation of Sandbag Walking Lunges

How to do it

  1. Long stance, front foot flat, back heel up
  2. Lower straight down, torso tall
  3. Back knee towards the floor, front knee over the foot
  4. Push through the front foot to stand up

In Sets Ahead

Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 8–12 reps with 2:00 rest. When every set reaches 12 reps, the weight goes up 5 kg, or 10 lb if you train in pounds.

Muscles worked

Mainly

  • Quads

Also

  • Glutes
  • Adductors
  • Upper back
  • Abs

Joints it loads

  • Knee a lot
  • Hip some
  • Ankle some

With an injury here, the app warns you before this exercise.

Log it in Sets Ahead

Sets Ahead works out your next set of sandbag walking lunges, and every other lift, from your own numbers.

Test it before release

Similar exercises

The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.

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