This exercise has been performed for several decades now, but has enjoyed increased popularity in the last few years. Rarely, do you enter a gym and not see someone performing the lunge in one form or other. I find this annoying . . . . . I have never liked the movement, have been injured doing them and . . . to cap it all, am no damn good at them! I have always avoided them like the plague.
I have been pretty much alone in my thoughts on this exercise, but I was delighted to read recently in an interview with weightlifting coach, John Broz, the following comments . . . . " I consider the lunge the worst exercise ever invented " . . . " it's not a natural movement. You never see a child lunge to pick something up - they squat ". . . . . . " what happens with this movement is that you end up using a weight that is too heavy and end up twisting your knee " and lastly " you can get the same or better benefits from doing a squat, and it is much, much safer ".
When my wife and I lived in Australia for a while, she had a personal trainer who gave her bucket loads of these things to do and yes, guess what, she injured herself and has never done them since. I rest my case . . . . . any comments ?
