The Lunge - Set Up and Execution

The Power Athlete Primal Movement Execution series continues with the most unappreciated, underutilized, misapplied of the Primals: the Lunge. Every time an athlete takes a step forward (i.e. walking), they’re practicing how to move the pelvis and create torsion with the trunk through all planes of motion, a necessary component of athleticism! Unfortunately, when it comes to teaching athletes to lunge properly, this very same unconscious competency is a hindrance. Asking athletes to consciously think about the execution is obsolete coaching. And relying on an athlete’s past training experience, assuming they know what they’re doing, sets everyone up for failure. Instead, when it comes to teaching movements or new skills, Power Athlete’s accelerates returns through chunking. Watch Power Athlete coaches Luke and Tex chunk together the Lunge and lay down the 3 Primal Movement Themes: Posture and Position, Posterior Chain Dominance, and Competency of Movement. Read the ful