{"id":24067,"date":"2015-08-27T14:24:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T14:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loving-flame.flywheelsites.com\/?p=24067"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:37:33","slug":"chek-lung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/chek-lung\/","title":{"rendered":"CHEK Lung &#8211; How to Perform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update March 2026:<\/strong> This article has been editorially reviewed and updated with current information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"evm-last-updated\"><em>Last updated: March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>LEVEL:<\/strong>\u00a0ADVANCED \/ PROFESSIONAL<\/h4>\n<p><strong>I named the exercise after Paul Chek, who once performed it with a Clubbell.\u00a0Train your whole body with only lunges. How? In the following I will explain how to perform my favourite exercise \u201cCheck-Lung\u201d \u00a0exactly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>SINGLE STEPS &#8211;\u00a0CHEK LUNG<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you make a 90\/90 lunge (90 degrees angle in both knee joints) forward and lead one weight outside of the thigh of your leg ahead.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when doing the next lung, make sure you lead the weight with a slightly bent arm over your head and towards the opposite thigh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Repeat!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>YOUR EXPERT<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/experts\/hanjo-fritzsche\/\">Hanjo &#8220;Healthpunk&#8221; Fritzsche<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>STATEMENT<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My favorite lung exercise ever. No other lung practise can train the whole body top a similar extent than the Chek lung!<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">BEFORE<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the beginning, practise this exercise without any weights to get into the flow of the movement. Simply direct your hands from the one side to the other.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">EXPERT EXPERIENCE<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later on you can enhance the exercise by adding some weight: whether it is a small dumbbell or a kettlebell. And if you exercise preferably in the park outside &#8211; you can even use bigger stones.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">CHALLENGE<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The greatest challenge for this exercise, is to keep your trunk tension &#8211; although you have a weight hanging on the one side of your body and on top of that are in the middle of a lung &#8211; a quite unstable position.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">IMPORTANT ADVICE<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure you hold your upper body upright and strain both legs to the same degree.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movements of your arms and legs should proceed parallel. The reversal point at the end of one movement should take no more than a few seconds and then you should change immediately to the other direction.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>More Fitness Stories<\/h5>\n<h3>You might also like<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/action-sports\/\">Germany s fastest 14-year-old Emilia in an exclusive interview with InspiredBySports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/action-sports\/\">Trend sport plogging combining sport with environmental protection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/action-sports\/\">These beach workouts will keep you in shape on vacation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>More from our magazines<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbybeatz.com\/adele-in-muenchen-begeisterung-trotz-begleitender-misstoene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adele in M\u00fcnchen Begeisterung trotz begleitender Misst\u00f6ne<\/a> <small>(InspiredByBeatz)<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I named the exercise after Paul Chek, who once performed it with a Clubbell. 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