Medicine Ball Lunge with Biceps Curl

Perform a lunge while holding a medicine ball. Start by standing upright with your feet shoulder-width apart and the medicine ball at chest level.

  1. Step forward with your right leg into a lunge position, keeping your knee aligned with your ankle.
  2. As you lunge, curl the medicine ball towards your chest.
  3. Push through your right heel to return to the starting position while lowering the medicine ball back to chest level.
  4. Repeat on the left side.

How to perform the Medicine Ball Lunge with Biceps Curl

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Medicine Ball Lunge with Biceps Curl using your medicine ball.
  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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