{"id":387,"date":"2010-02-21T17:14:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T01:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/core-condition.com\/?p=387"},"modified":"2010-02-21T17:14:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T01:14:48","slug":"lunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.core-condition.com\/?p=387","title":{"rendered":"Lunge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Strengthen quadriceps, hamstrings,\u00a0and gluteals<\/h3>\n<p>The lunge is a very common exercise used to increase strength in the quads, hamstrings, and gluts.\u00a0 There are many different variations of this exercise, but this is the most basic form of a lunge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i888.photobucket.com\/albums\/ac87\/coreconditioning\/core%20pics\/lunge1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Lunge should be performed as follows:<\/p>\n<p>1.) Begin in a staggered stance with one foot in front of the other.\u00a0 Ensure\u00a0the back is straight throughout the whole exercise and put your hands on your hips.<\/p>\n<p>2.) Lower the body down until the front knee is at a 90 degree angle.\u00a0 Watch that the front knee does not go over your toe, as you should have a 90 degree angle at the ankle, the knee, and the hip.\u00a0 This will avoid excess strain on the knees and avoid injury.<\/p>\n<p>3.) Return back up till the legs are straight again and repeat 10 to 12 times per leg.\u00a0 Perform 2 to 3 sets approximatley 2 to 3 times per week to begin to see and feel results.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strengthen quadriceps, hamstrings,\u00a0and gluteals The lunge is a very common exercise used to increase strength in the quads, hamstrings, and gluts.\u00a0 There are many different variations of this exercise, but this is the most basic form of a lunge. The Lunge should be performed as follows: 1.) Begin in a staggered stance with one foot [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-core-exercises"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.core-condition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.core-condition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.core-condition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.core-condition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.core-condition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.core-condition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":391,"href":"https:\/\/www.core-condition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions\/391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.core-condition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.core-condition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.core-condition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}