Worst Exercises to Do
These Are the Exercises Your Trainer Wishes You'd Stop Doing
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A curtsy lunge, where you lunge back sideways, forming a diamond shape with your legs, isn't effective. "These are cute and extremely popular, but they break the major rule of biomechanics by not encouraging proper movement mechanics and can potentially place extreme stress on the hip socket, the IT band, and TFL [a thigh muscle]," says Marlon Bascombe, personal trainer and run coach at Complete Fitness in New York, to POPSUGAR. Instead, stick with the simple forward or reverse lunge. There are many ways to use these two, focusing on the isometric holds in the middle, he says.