Training
Marisa HeinzeJune 4, 2018
Tutorial: Kinesis Lunge
How does fitness evolve?
Learn how to perform a Kinesis Lunge the EVO way.
WHAT
- Kinesis Lunge is a functional exercise performed on standing and locomotion pillar
- Strengthens your legs (quadriceps, hamstrings and glutes)
- Promotes hip and trunk stabilization
- Performing in an alternated way, it activates all trunk muscles and train Balance
HOW
- Standing backwards to the kinesis One, hang the cable grips with your hands close to your trunk and arms flexed
- Stabilize your scapula by pulling your elbows to the floor (maintain your arms flexed)
- Activate your abs
- Step forward as you would give a giant step
- Landing your foot on the floor, let the knee of your back-leg approach to the floor (try not to touch it), avoid that your front-leg knee exceed an imaginary vertical line of your front foot
- Try to stabilize your hip and trunk
- Step back putting more strength on the heel of your front foot and shift your weight to your back-leg
- As you reach the start position, switch the leg that goes to the front
WHY
- Allows you to control body’s centre of mass on a linear displace and provides the foundation for ground-based production force
- Strengthen quadriceps, hamstrings and glutes
- Activate the hip stabilization muscles and core muscles
- Rebalance training prevents falls and injuries