10 Workout Exercises You’re Doing Wrong

2. Lunges

Lunges are a great way to tone up your legs and thighs and get into bikini shape. The lunge workout is an excellent challenge for the muscles in the upper leg, core, lower back, and buttocks.

Many people, though, perform lunges only to wind up not seeing the results they were hoping for. Sometimes this is because they perform the lunges with the wrong form.

Lunges can be performed forward or backward, but with the wrong form no results will be seen from either approach.

If you’re lunging so that your knees extend beyond the toes, you’re not doing it correctly. Also, you should not be shifting your position throughout the lunge.

Proper form for a lunge is to take a far enough step forward that both knees land at a 90-degree and the forward knee lands in-line with the ankle of the same foot. The most common mistakes when performing this are taking steps that are too shallow, allowing the knee to land beyond the ankle, as well as shifting the waist during each lunge.

However, other mistakes include not keeping a straight posture and forgetting to engage the abdominal muscles and core. All of these things will help you do the lunge correctly and obtain the results you want in the shortest amount of time.