Legs · Bodyweight
Leg Kick Reverse Lunge
How to do the leg kick reverse lunge, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- Lunge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Step one leg back and lower into a reverse lunge until your back knee nears the floor. Drive through your front heel to stand, and as you come up, kick the back leg forward in front of you, then step back into the next rep. Alternate legs.
- 1The front glute and quad driving you out of the lunge
- 2Balance on the standing leg through the kick
- 3A tall, controlled torso the whole time
Common mistakes
- Letting the front knee collapse inward
- Leaning forward or losing balance on the kick
- Slamming the back knee into the floor
Muscles worked
The leg kick reverse lunge mainly works the quads and glutes, with the hamstrings, lower abs, calves, and hip flexors assisting.
- QuadsPrimary
- GlutesPrimary
- HamstringsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
- AdductorsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.