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Lunges and any unilateral movement are great for improving flexibility, knee stability/strength and the core. But it is rather difficult to engage tension in hamstrings and utilise glutes in a powerful way. Largely the difficulty in locking torso/preventing hips from tilting and the complicated balance aspect of being on a single leg in a split position. With deep/deficit lunges in particular (I take it you mean the 'reverse' type) it is particularly common to find yourself leaning forward to shift yourself back up to the box/step.
If you really want to hit your glutes/hamstrings more intensively I thoroughly recommend any deadlift variation as long as you use good form. Hell, you can even use a cable machine. Make sure you keep back in locked in neutral, lower torso while shifting hips back a little and youll quickly feel the tension in hamstrings and reach your end of range of motion. Push hips forward contracting glutes hard to get torso back up.
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