Traveling Lunge Exercises for Aerobic Dancing Workouts

Video Transcript

"Hi there! My name is Connie Hale. Thanks for joining me here at expertvillage.com. Today we’re beginning into some aerobic dance and exercise. Please make sure you discuss with your doctor before you take on any type of exercise routine. What we’re going to do today is we’re going to work on some traveling lunges. A lunge is simple stepping forward with your foot and bending the knee down. Now, a couple of key things you want to make sure you’re doing when you’re in the lunge position; number one, when the foot is in the front, make sure that your knee goes no farther than above your toes. So we just want to parallel, straight up and down. The foot that’s in the back, knee is coming down almost to the ground. The weight is going to be maintained in the heel that’s in the front to keep the strain off of your knees. Again, a lunge is just down and up, straight up and down. We’re going to do these traveling, like I said. It’s a simple step forward, forward, and take it down and up, and bring it back. Same foot’s going to step back, back, down, up, and in. Let’s face that sideways. So we step forward, forward, take it down. Knee is just above the toes, up, bring it back, and we step back, take it down, up, and in. After you do several hits front and back, what I would like you to do is take it front; just hold it here and bounce it. Bounce, bounce. At least 8-16 times, depending on what you feel is comfortable for you. Again, same thing to the other side. Thanks for learning some traveling lunges with me. "