Walk it out, build legs and balance.
Keep your torso upright and take a long enough step to load the front leg.
Every stride drops your quads into a deep knee bend and asks them to launch your bodyweight plus two dumbbells up and onto the next step. The glutes control each descent and power hip extension, working hardest when your steps are long. Because you never reset between reps, the walking version layers balance and conditioning on top of pure leg strength.
Walking lunges add a balance demand and a conditioning kick that static versions lack, but reverse lunges are easier to control and many lifters find them friendlier on the knees. Pick based on space, experience, and how your joints feel.
Longer strides put more load through the glutes and stretch the hip of the rear leg, shorter strides keep the work in the quads. Either way the front knee should stay tracking over the foot.
At your sides is standard and lets you go heaviest until grip runs out. Racking them at the shoulders keeps your torso taller and turns each step into a bigger stability challenge.
