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Nyxtikal Posts: 268 Joined: 2005/09/20	2006/02/15, 08:49 PM is there a difference between the muscles worked when you do lunges where you actually walk with the dumbells and lunges where you step forward, then backward with the dumbells? my roomie and i just started them today and did not know which way we should do them.
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2006/02/15, 09:43 PM Momentum. Steping forward forces you to change the momentum and push backward to get back into place, putting more stress on the quadriceps. Steping backward does the opposite, causing more of the training stress to be shifted to the hamstrings. In addition, stepping backward may cause your body to adapt to proprioceptive stimulus (off balance) but if you ask me, it would be so negligible that it probably doesn't even matter. -------------- Iron and chalk. Pain is only temporary, it is in your mind. If you can still walk, then you can still run.
Nyxtikal Posts: 268 Joined: 2005/09/20	2006/02/15, 10:29 PM i thought i felt it quite a bit in the hamstrings......we are looking to target our quads, so i guess we will swith to walking........thanx
Nyxtikal Posts: 268 Joined: 2005/09/20	2006/02/16, 10:30 AM switch*
flyonthewall Posts: 1,823 Joined: 2005/01/18	2006/02/16, 11:09 AM I find with walking lunges, if I really focus on using my lunging leg to pull my return step leg forward (rather than using your foot to push the leg forward) I get one hell of a quad workout. I like to do 3 sets of walking lunges by stepping with the same leg 10 reps (other leg coming back for total of 1 set). For each step I'll do: set 1, single lunge; set 2, double lunge; set 3, triple lunge. Believe me, you'll feel it in your quads. -------------- Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2006/02/16, 12:49 PM Also when you walk with them... You have to balance. Which I like for the ancle support. -------------- Get your bicep curling, cut off shirt, matching workout outfit wearing,flexing in mirror "toned" wanna-be ass , out of my squat rack! People don't reach thier true potental, only those who seek it.