Side-to-Side Lunge Chops
- Primary muscles
- Quads, Glutes
- Secondary muscles
- Obliques, Abductors
- Equipment
- Other
- Movement pattern
- Single Leg
Steps
- 1 Stand with your feet wider than shoulder-width apart, toes pointing slightly out, holding a single dumbbell or kettlebell with both hands over one shoulder.
- 2 Shift your weight to the opposite side, bending that knee and pushing your hips back into a side lunge while keeping the other leg straight.
- 3 As you lunge, powerfully swing the weight down and across your body towards the outside of your lunging foot, allowing your torso to rotate slightly.
- 4 Drive through your lunging heel to push back to the starting wide stance, bringing the weight back up and across your body to the initial high position over the shoulder.
- 5 Repeat the movement, lunging to the other side and chopping the weight across, alternating sides with each repetition.