Lunges are worth the effort you put into them. They work many muscle groups at once, including hips, glutes, quads, hamstrings and core. In addition to strengthening muscles, lunges help with balance, ...

FOR FELLAS OVER 40, few exercises pack a more versatile (and important) punch than the lunge. We lose muscle as we age—that's just a fact of life. Stability and balance become more difficult.

Until a couple of years ago, lunges had been a consistent part of my training routine. As a weight lifting novice, back in 2015, bodyweight lunges were among the exercises that helped me to build a ...