Videos » Exercise Encyclopedia » Rectus Femoris » Dumbell Lunge

Instructions

• Hold your trunk tight and keep your back straight
• Hold the dumbbells by your sides
• Take a step forward with one foot
• (The step should enough so that it lines up with the knee of the rear leg)
• Lower your body down
• The knee of the rear leg should almost touch the floor
• Push up with the front leg and return to the start position
• Repeat with other side

Muscles involved

• Gluteus maximus
• Rectus femoris
• Vastus lateralis
• Vastus medialis
• Vastus intermedius
• Adductor magnus
• Biceps femoris
• Semitendinosus
• Semimembranosus