Landmine Rear Lunge (VERSION 2)

The Landmine Rear Lunge targets the lower body, focusing on the glutes, hamstrings, and quadriceps. This exercise enhances balance and stability while promoting functional movement.

  1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding the landmine barbell at chest level.
  2. Step back with one leg, lowering your body into a lunge while keeping your front knee aligned with your ankle.
  3. Push through your front heel to return to the starting position.
  4. Repeat on the opposite leg.

How to perform the Landmine Rear Lunge (VERSION 2)

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Landmine Rear Lunge (VERSION 2) using your leverage machine.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your calves.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your calves rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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