Hip Extension vs Backward Lunge

Maximizing Your Leg Workout Plan

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Planfit users log Backward Lunge more often — 1,292 sessions vs 530. Compare Leg form, muscles worked, and when to use each.

Customize Your Leg Workout: Explore the Benefits of Hip Extension and Backward Lunge for Better Comparison.

Planfit Users' Choice about Hip Extension vs Backward Lunge : Which is Better?

Based on randomly selected data from 1 million completed workouts, Planfit users log Backward Lunge more often — 1,292 sessions compared to 530 for Hip Extension.

Popularity is not the whole answer. Hip Extension and Backward Lunge differ in the muscles they load, the equipment they need, and how hard they are to learn — the comparison below covers each.

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How to Hip Extension

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Hip Extension muscles worked: Leg

Form

  1. 1. Raise your leg with the sole facing the sky.
  2. 2. Slowly return to the starting position.
  3. 3. Proceed one side at a time or alternately.

Coach's Comment

  1. Keep your chest up to avoid bending your waist and engage your core.

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How to Backward Lunge

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Backward Lunge muscles worked: Leg

Form

  1. 1. Step back with one foot and raise the heel of that foot.
  2. 2. Lower yourself until the angle of both knees is 90 degrees.
  3. 3. Keep your chest open and your back straight as you return to the starting position.
  4. 4. Repeat the same with the opposite leg.

Coach's Comment

  1. 1. Please be careful not to lean your upper body forward.
  2. 2. When bending your knees, please ensure that the knee of the foot you step forward with does not go beyond the foot.
  3. 3. Please make sure that your center of gravity does not lean too far forward.

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