Side Lunge and Press
- Primary muscles
- Quads, Glutes, Shoulders
- Secondary muscles
- Adductors, Hamstrings, Triceps
- Equipment
- Other
- Movement pattern
- Single Leg
Steps
- 1 Stand tall with your feet hip-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand at shoulder height with palms facing each other.
- 2 Take a large step to your right side, bending your right knee and pushing your hips back while keeping your left leg straight and both feet pointing forward.
- 3 As you reach the bottom of the side lunge, press both dumbbells straight overhead until your arms are fully extended.
- 4 Lower the dumbbells back to shoulder height as you push off your right foot to return to the starting standing position.
- 5 Repeat the movement on the opposite side.