Bilateral Lunge Test

Watch the movement, then follow the book’s full procedure and measurement instructions for a formal assessment.

Two rubber agility rings, scale, tape measure, heart-rate monitor and stopwatch.

Place a ring at each lateral ground-contact point and measure the ring-to-ring distance. Perform repeated lateral lunges into the rings, bending one knee toward 90° while the other leg remains straight.

During a formal trial, record repetitions and time to exhaustion, heart rate at exhaustion, and recovery heart rates at one, two and three minutes.

This short clip demonstrates the left and right movement and ring arrangement. It does not show a full time-to-exhaustion trial or heart-rate readings.

Bilateral Lunge and Duck Walk are the book’s listed warm-up movements. Browse the exercise library for related demonstrations.

4.16 Bilateral Lunge Test in Advanced Concepts of Strength & Conditioning for Tennis. Use the book’s full protocol when recording a test result.