• Hold dumbbells at shoulders, then step right
• Lower into lateral lunge, keeping right knee directly in line with right foot
• Press dumbbells overhead
• Using right foot, push to standing position
• Lower dumbbells to shoulders; repeat for specified reps
• Perform to left

Sets/Reps: 3x5 each leg
Benefits: Lateral movement/Shoulder, groin, core and hip strength

Barrieu: As you press, you have to remain stable in the hips, or else you will stretch even further. When you’re running and then have to plant and turn, you stretch the same muscles involved with this exercise. The faster you can react to that stretch, the quicker you can change direction.