If You Can Do This Many Lunges After 60, You’re Fitter Than Most People Half Your Age

Lunges expose real fitness faster than almost any lower-body movement. They demand leg strength, balance, coordination, hip mobility, and cardiovascular control all at once. After 60, many people avoid them entirely, not because lunges stop working, but because weaknesses surface immediately and without mercy.

That’s why lunges function so well as a benchmark. Machines hide instability. Squats allow compensation. Lunges force each leg to carry its own load while the body stays upright and controlled. When fatigue sets in, posture, balance, and movement quality tell the truth every single rep.

What makes this test especially revealing after 60 lies in its continuity. Performing lunges without stopping requires more than strong legs, it demands resilient joints, efficient breathing, nervous system endurance, and confidence under fatigue. Most people lose one of those elements quickly. If you don’...