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Also known as: Reverse lunge to knee drive.

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Technique

  1. From a standing position, take a long step back into a lunge position.
  2. Bring your back leg in and push your knee upward, aiming to lightly touch your opposite elbow with the knee.
  3. Repeat, then work on the other side.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Quadriceps

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Pelvis
  • Legs
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis

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Equipment

Ground (standing)
Ground (standing)

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Appears in

Joint movements
Kneeextension
Hipextension
trains stretches

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Regressions

e065

Knee to elbow trunk twists

Beginner
e0k3

Reverse lunge

Novice
w014

One-leg deadlift knee crunch

Intermediate
e0sr

Front-Staggered Squat

Novice
e0q5

Pigeon squat

Novice
e16x

Rolling pistol squat

Intermediate
w02c

Patrick step to reverse lunge

Novice
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