Done regularly and correctly, lunges are a powerful lower body exercise that's easy to learn and safe to do. They are effective in targeting your glutes, hips, quads and core. So how effective are they?

1. Better Balance and Coordination

Lunges are a unilateral exercise; they need you to use one side of your body at a time. The unilateral lunging movement aids in improving your coordination. It also helps train your proprioceptors. Lunges are an excellent way to increase your stability and coordination skills.

2. Increased Hip Mobility

Our general hip mobility has suffered as a result of our modern-day lifestyles. We now spend a lot of time sitting for extended periods. Lunges are a great way to increase your hip mobility. This is due to the movement and stretch they demand from the hip flexors.

3. Boosted Weight Loss

Lunges target some of the largest muscles in our body. These muscles need a lot of energy to function, and as a result, burn a lot of calories! Our quads, glutes and hamstrings generate a lot of output, and all three get hit by this exercise.

4. Improved Core Stability

Core stability refers to our ability to control and maintain our spinal and pelvic positioning. Stability comes into play throughout movement. The lunge demands balance. This, in turn demands core engagement to help keep our torso upright during the exercise.

5. Lower Body Strengthening
Lunges are often performed with lower body strengthening in mind. One of the most popular benefits of lunges, one could say.

6. Deloading of The Spine

As mentioned in benefit 5, lunges are a great weighted exercise. They also provide an opportunity to deload the spine. And you can do this whilst still using added weight or performing them with only your body weight.

So don't avoid them, embrace it!