Lunge and Run

Workout 3 February 2010:

Three rounds for time of:
Walking lunge, 50 strides
Run 400 meters

Results: 12'51
Previous best: none

To give my wrists and shoulders a bit of a break, today's workout focused on the lower body. As usual, I did the runs on a treadmill with a 1% incline. Overall, a good workout. My posterior chain will be protesting a bit tomorrow.

When doing lunges, your hamstrings and glutes should get fatigued at about the same time if not earlier than your quads. To make sure you properly emphasize your posterior chain instead of making this a quad-dominant workout, when you're pushing off at the bottom of the lunge, make sure you feel like you're driving your leading heel into the floor instead of rocking forward a bit. To help, remember to keep your chest tall and take moderately large strides. Smaller strides tend to cause people to rock up onto their toes and therefore emphasize the quads.