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Walking Cossack Lunge
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HOW: Begin in a standing position with your legs as wide as you can spread them. From here, shift your weight to one side as you perform a deep lateral lunge. Try and sit back on your heel as you bend your knee as much as you can while the other leg stays straight and your foot rotates a bit upward. Return to the starting position, rotate your body and alternate going into this deep squat on both sides.
FEEL: You should feel your thigh and hip muscles working while squatting, and a stretch in your inner thigh muscles on the outstretched leg.
COMPENSATION: Don’t round your back as you squat to one side, keep it upright.
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