What equipment do you need for the Bodyweight Alternating Lateral Lunge?

None. It is a bodyweight exercise.

Is the Bodyweight Alternating Lateral Lunge good for beginners?

GymVim rates it intermediate. For a beginner-rated exercise on the same muscle and movement, see the Bodyweight Reverse Lunge.

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A side-to-side lunge that loads one leg at a time — builds glute and quad strength while opening up the inner thighs and hips.

Stand tall with feet together, hands at your chest, and your core braced for balance.
Take a wide step out to one side and plant the foot flat with toes pointing forward.
Sit your hips back and bend the stepping leg, keeping the trailing leg straight and the chest tall.
Lower until the working thigh is roughly parallel to the floor and you feel a stretch in the inner thigh.
Push through the heel of the working leg to drive back up to standing in one strong motion.
Repeat on the opposite side and continue alternating for the prescribed reps.

Letting the knee of the working leg cave inward instead of tracking over the foot.
Leaning the chest too far forward, which loads the lower back instead of the glutes and quads.
Rounding the back when sitting into the lunge instead of hinging cleanly at the hips.
Cutting the depth short and turning a real lateral lunge into a shallow side step.

What muscles does the Bodyweight Alternating Lateral Lunge work?: Mainly the glutes and quads.
What equipment do you need for the Bodyweight Alternating Lateral Lunge?: None. It is a bodyweight exercise.
Is the Bodyweight Alternating Lateral Lunge good for beginners?: GymVim rates it intermediate. For a beginner-rated exercise on the same muscle and movement, see the Bodyweight Reverse Lunge.