Question about lunges
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Question about lunges
Hello, I am currently doing the Supreme90 workout plan. Today I had legs. I used no weights as I am just starting out. I have found that I have a big issues with lunges. I can not seem to stay balanced at all. I have also noticed that right side is stronger than left side and after the workout I seem to feel it in right leg and barely in left leg. Does this mean right side got more of a workout? Also how do I learn to balance during lunges. The worst move was the one where you lunge forward and go to lunging back right from the lunge forward stance. Besides the balance issue, I fear that right leg is going to get more toned and look better than left. Am I just being crazy? Any advice or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Re: Question about lunges
You might have a lopsided leg development comparing one leg to another, but i could be down to other things, not necessarily lunges, if for example you do squatting, or other exercises that might target the quads, as opposed to regular lunges, (not front or side lunges), that target the hamstrings, as you might be doing more quad than hamstring work.
This might cause the quads, which become the antagonist muscles when you lunge, that is the muscles that help reverse the action of the agonist or targeted muscles, to cause issues, if you become what is known as quad dominant, as the hamstrings would then struggle a bit, to fight against the stronger opposing muscle group.
However you might be overstretching the legs, causing an imbalance issue, so you can either
A: wear shoes that provide more stability to help you.
B: don't stretch the lunging leg back too far, or if it's front lunges, don't stretch the leg out too far in front of you.
C: if it's shoe related, try to do it flat footed with no shoes and make sure you're not planting the lunging foot onto an uneven part of the floor surface, assuming that is that the floor is uneven to begin with.
It could also be that one leg is simply stronger, from getting more additional use for some reason when you were growing up. The side of your body with a dominant hand, often is stronger than the other side, at least from the shoulder downwards and sometimes maybe with the persons torso area also, but most people wouldn't use one leg more than the other that much, so the lower body from the glutes downwards, more often than not should be pretty much congruent in proportions and mass.
However sometimes for whatever reason(s), the lower body could be more dominant in one leg than the other by adulthood, so I wouldn't rule that out, as opposed to assuming you've been somehow underworking one leg, which might be another reason for your purported issues.
Other than what I've suggested and eluded to, I don't see how you'll necessarily correct the lunging problem.
This might cause the quads, which become the antagonist muscles when you lunge, that is the muscles that help reverse the action of the agonist or targeted muscles, to cause issues, if you become what is known as quad dominant, as the hamstrings would then struggle a bit, to fight against the stronger opposing muscle group.
However you might be overstretching the legs, causing an imbalance issue, so you can either
A: wear shoes that provide more stability to help you.
B: don't stretch the lunging leg back too far, or if it's front lunges, don't stretch the leg out too far in front of you.
C: if it's shoe related, try to do it flat footed with no shoes and make sure you're not planting the lunging foot onto an uneven part of the floor surface, assuming that is that the floor is uneven to begin with.
It could also be that one leg is simply stronger, from getting more additional use for some reason when you were growing up. The side of your body with a dominant hand, often is stronger than the other side, at least from the shoulder downwards and sometimes maybe with the persons torso area also, but most people wouldn't use one leg more than the other that much, so the lower body from the glutes downwards, more often than not should be pretty much congruent in proportions and mass.
However sometimes for whatever reason(s), the lower body could be more dominant in one leg than the other by adulthood, so I wouldn't rule that out, as opposed to assuming you've been somehow underworking one leg, which might be another reason for your purported issues.
Other than what I've suggested and eluded to, I don't see how you'll necessarily correct the lunging problem.