Fresh Start 2 Fitness: Lunge Matrix

No matter our age being able to move in different directions with big movements is important to our everyday lives. Physical therapist Andrew Fast of Intermountain Park City Hospital says doing a lunge matrix can work a verity of muscles and benefit a wide range of muscles. Fast suggests doing the following lunge routine a few times per week to keep your legs strong.

Lunge Matrix:

• Hold a small object in your hand like a small ball, but it doesn’t have to be weighted, it’s just a part of the movement.
• Step forward with one leg and touch the ball on the ground at the front of your toe and then do the opposite leg.
• After that step to right side and touch ball on ground on your pinky toe before stepping to the opposite side touching ball on pinky toe. Put one leg back behind you and tough ball in front of the big toe that didn’t move.
• Then do opposite leg.
• Final movement is to pivot one leg back while bending and touch ball on outside of the foot.
• Come back to standing position and do same with other leg.

Do all of these movements for one set and then repeat at least ten times.