Fitness and Muscle Work

Why it's a winner: Like squats, lunges work all the major muscles of the lower body. Lunges also help improve your balance. How to do it: Take a big step forward, keeping your spine straight. Bend your front knee to approximately 90 degrees. Keep weight on your back toes and drop the back knee toward the floor — but don't let it touch the floor. Lunges: Extra Challenge Try stepping not just forward, but back and out to each side, with each lunge. source:webmd

Want do lunge exercise at home and don't have barbel ? You can use dumbbel to get the same result. See Lunge Exercise using barbel

Stand with your feet hip-width apart. Lift a light barbell up to a position across your shoulders behind your neck Inhale and take a comfortable step forward, keeping your torso as upright as possible In the bottom position, the top of your forward thigh is slightly below parallel Return to the starting position, exhaling Related Article Lunge variation using dumble Lunge Tips