Home      About      Shopping Cart      Contact Us     Links     Log In       Sitemap ASK THE EXPERTS EXERCISE DIET MISCONCEPTIONS SUCCESS STORIES PRODUCTS BASE System When you look better, you feel better and when you feel better you smile more - you go out more often and you dress better. That's what we do for you! Price: $149.95 Shipping: $0 "I will share a dessert with my dinner companionthis will give me my indulgence with only half the calories and half the price." Sign Up for our Monthly Newsletter / Specials:   The Weight Loss Foundation     2417 Carnegie LN #A     Redondo Beach, CA 90278   More Info: (877) 747-3476 Lunges are a great weight loss exercise because they shape and define the larges muscles on the body.  Your legs and specifically the front of your legs will help keep your metabolism high if they are trained with weights.  Lunges are actually a very easy resistance exercise to do because they can be done at home with dumbbells and even with no weight at all.Start:End1. Choose a place in front of a mirror with enough space to allow for a giant step forward.2. Stand with a dumbbell in each hand and feet at shoulder width (you are looking straight ahead with eye contact to yourself). Midpoint1. Take a large step out with your right leg.  Inhale at this point. 2. Lower your left knee almost to the floor while making sure that your right knee does not go more forward than the front of your right foot. 3. At this point, your right thigh is almost parallel to the floor. 4. Move yourself back to the standing erect position by pushing with your right foot in one giant push while exhaling. 5. You will now be standing erect as you were when you started (inhale and exhale now). 6. Repeat with the same leg or alternate. There are some variations to the lunge that can be used. A barbell can be used instead of dumbbells. I prefer to use dumbbells to a barbell, because, if anything happens during the exercise, it is very easy to lower the weights to the floor.  When the weight is across the back of your shoulders, it cannot be dropped. When performing sets to failure, a barbell is almost impossible to use. Failure is when you cannot physically complete another repetition in proper form. Consider alternating between Step 2 and Step 3 without returning to the Start : End position for a variation of this exercise.