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The exercise that proves walking can be a punishment if you add weight.

means A sudden forward thrust of the body, or the leg-bending exercise that mimics one, step by punishing step.

from From French 'allonger,' meaning to lengthen or extend — itself rooted in Latin 'longus,' long. The word slipped into English fencing circles in the 1700s to describe the long forward thrust of a blade, before gyms borrowed the move and stripped it of its sword.

muscles worked
quads, glutes, hamstrings all argue at once
knee angle
front knee past toes is the betrayal
fencing origin
borrowed from sword fighting, minus the swords
balance tax
single-leg stance exposes every wobble you own
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