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I wanted to show you a different kind of lunge routine I use in my general warm up, or when I prepare for a squash match. It is perfect because a lunge is something you do so many times during a match.

This slightly slowed down version I do is really good as it gets all the correct muscles firing, it gets the gluts working, it gets the hips mobile, and every single muscle you want to be strong in a squash match is strengthened. I have introduced rotation in there as well because squash is a sport that is full of rotation, you are constantly twisting, constantly turning.

The key things to remember when you are doing these lunges, as it should really be done safely and can be done wrongly is firstly to sit in to the lunge rather than leaning forward and having your knee coming over the toe. This way you are using more of your hip, glut and quad muscles.

When you are twisting, instead of coming over or arching the back, the motion is meant to come from the core. It is very important that you are working this area properly.

Your back want to be fairly straight when you do the lunge. If the back is keeling and arching over that is not an ideal position. If you do this wrongly then you will not get as much out of the exercise as you should.

The other thing you can do to progress this exercise is to add a bit more weight with a medicine ball in your hands or raising your hands up higher. There are lots of variations but you cannot beat it as an exercise for squash.