Exercise of the Month: April

by JCC Association and One Club

The glutes (your butt muscles) are one of the body's strongest muscle groups and include your body's largest muscle: the gluteus maximus. 

Making the glutes a focus of your workout can help burn big calories, and that's why everyone can benefit from adding lunges, which target the glutes, to their regular routine.

START POSITION

EXERCISE OF THE MONTH: Rear Lunge to High Knee

How to do it:

• Stand with your right foot placed firmly on a step/bench, knee bent.

• Stretch your left leg back into a lunge position

• Lift your arms straight overhead

• In one motion, pull your left knee up and your arms down, contracting your core. 

• Reach your left foot back behind you into the lunge and raise your arms back up overhead

FINISH POSITION

• Perform 15-30 reps, then switch sides

Primary Movers: Glutes, Quads, Core

Benefits: Power