Beat Belly Bulge

Advanced: Lateral Stretch

3. Lateral Stretch

Targets shoulders, obliques, abs, glutes, quads, hamstrings

• Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell in your right hand.
• Lunge to the left, keeping left knee over ankle and right leg straight.
• Bend right elbow, bringing dumbbell to shoulder.
• With back straight and abs engaged, lower torso to left and extend right arm toward ceiling.
• Slowly return to start position.
• Switch sides; repeat. Do 12 reps on each side.

Originally published in FITNESS magazine, April 2007.