Overhead Lunges with Weight

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75m OH Lunges (10lb/25lb)

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50m OH Lunges (10lb/25lb)

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Overhead Lunges with Weight

by Elizabeth Quinn

A Variation of the Lunge Works Nearly Every Muscle in the Body

This is a variation of the basic lunge exercise that works the entire body and has tremendous benefits for most athletes. By holding weights overhead while performing a lunge, you build upper- and- lower-body strength, increase the power and speed in the legs and improve core strength during movements.

The overhead lunge exercise builds lower body strength in the quads, glutes and core, while improving balance and proprioception.

This exercise builds power, because it requires that the athlete load the foot, knees, hips and core up through the shoulders, and then quickly and powerfully unload this weight by driving down in to the ground to return to the start position.

As a stability exercise, this movement isolates the quads and hamstrings with the lunge motion. Adding the overhead weight causes the stabilizers in the shoulders, including the upper and lower trapezius, to engage as well as force the core muscles to lengthen and contract even more fully.

To Read Further Click HERE, courtesy of About.com: Sports Medicine